Search at Biltmore 2012 Biltmore Estate Buncombe County Asheville, North Carolina March 28 – 31, 2012 Search at Biltmore 2012 will simulate operational conditions for a search mission in an exercise format. The exercise will begin on Wednesday, March 28 and cease on Saturday, March 31. Live subject(s) will be utilized for the search. The operational periods will be divided into twelve (12) hour increments for the Incident Management Teams—0800- 2000 and 2000-0800. Search crews, dog crews, and other operational personnel are encouraged to participate. The incident base will be established on the western grounds of the Biltmore Estate. On site sleeping accommoda- tions will be a base camp consisting of Western Shelter Systems units. Participants may also bring their own tents. RVs and camper trailers will not be permitted on the Estate. Meals will be provided for exercise participants. Registration information is posted on the North Carolina Training and Exercise Registration Management System http://terms.ncem.org/TRS/courseDesc.do? sourcePage=courseSearch&cofId=41378 . Western SAR Exercise Date: March 2-4 & 16-18, 2012 Location: Hanging Rock State Park, Danbury NC Lodging: Campsites and cabins can be reserved at the park Instructors: Dave Cook & Phil King Cost: Certification Fee NASAR members $55, non-members $70 Textbook: Purchase from NASAR prior to class Registration and Class Details: Contact Dave Cook at 336-593-8480 or [email protected]Sponsor: Forsyth Technical Community College Fundamentals of Search and Rescue Rangers spend the night on a rock in a stream with hypothermic patient, lost 6 days. Terrain and medical condition prevented carry out. Stone Mtn. St. Park 2011, North Carolina Wilderness Search and Rescue The unofficial newsletter of: TRACK TRAPS TRACK TRAPS TRACK TRAPS TRACK TRAPS Volume 1, Issue 2, 2/15/2012
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Search at Biltmore 2012 Biltmore Estate
Buncombe County
Asheville, North Carolina
March 28 – 31, 2012
Search at Biltmore 2012 will simulate operational conditions for a search mission in an exercise format. The exercise will begin on Wednesday, March 28 and cease on Saturday, March 31. Live subject(s) will be utilized for the search. The operational periods will be divided into twelve (12) hour increments for the Incident Management Teams—0800-2000 and 2000-0800. Search crews, dog crews, and other operational personnel are encouraged to participate. The incident base will be established on the western grounds of the Biltmore Estate. On site sleeping accommoda-tions will be a base camp consisting of Western Shelter Systems units. Participants may also bring their own tents. RVs and camper trailers will not be permitted on the Estate. Meals will be provided for exercise participants. Registration information is posted on the North Carolina Training and Exercise Registration Management System http://terms.ncem.org/TRS/courseDesc.do?sourcePage=courseSearch&cofId=41378 .
Western SAR Exercise
Date: March 2-4 & 16-18, 2012
Location: Hanging Rock State Park, Danbury NC
Lodging: Campsites and cabins can be reserved at the park
Instructors: Dave Cook & Phil King
Cost: Certification Fee NASAR members $55, non-members $70
Textbook: Purchase from NASAR prior to class
Registration and Class Details: Contact Dave Cook at 336-593-8480
Dates: Mar 16, 2012 - Mar 17, 2012 Location: White, GA Instructor: Allen Padgett Jr. E-mail Lead Evaluator at [email protected] to register and receive additional information
SAR Tech II Exam: White, Georgia
North Carolina Wilderness Search and Rescue
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.This course will present the Technical Rescuer with the knowledge, skills, and ability to satisfy the requirements of Chapter Sixteen (Wilderness) of NFPA 1006: Standard for Technical Rescue Professional Qualifications. Classes included in this course are: Rescue Operations for Wilderness, Rescue Rigging, Navigation, Tracking, and Victim Management. This is the NC Technical Rescuer Wilderness Search Specialty program (FIP 6300). This program will meet on October 19,20,21,26,27, and 28, 2012. The Friday night classes begin at 6pm and run to 10pm. The Saturday and
Sunday classes begin at 8am and run until. During the second Saturday night students will be required to build and stay in an improvised shelter overnight. No room reservations will be required for the second weekend as a location has been reserved which provides lodging. Students who wish to
camp during the first weekend can do so free of charge at the college. Dates: Fri. Oct 19, 2012 6pm to 10pm
Sat. Oct 20, 2012 8am until Sun. Oct 21, 2012 8am until Fri. Oct 26, 2012 6pm until Sat. Oct 27, 2012 8am until
Sun. Oct 28, 2012 8am until Location: Surry Community College
630 S. Main St., Dobson NC 27017— Emergency Services Training Center For registration and information refer to the TERMS website on the
last page of this newsletter,
TECHNICAL RESCUER: WILDERNESS
Who is organizing this event? This annual student conference is sponsored by the Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine (ACWM). Each year a different university hosts and organizes the conference.
When: March 3-4, 2012 Where: Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC Only $40 Small Groups Session Saturday:
When breaks come your way: Ski and Snowboard Injuries Rig to Flip, dress to swim: Emergencies on the River Dislocations and Fracture Treatment
Jump in with both feet: A primer on frost bite and trench foot Over the handlebar: Common mountain biking injuries Osteopathic Concepts and Treatment in the Wilderness Setting: Pearl for all practitioners
All bleeding stops eventually: Techniques for hemorrhage control Dental Trauma: All I want for X-mas is my two front teeth. When Lightning Strikes Current concepts in Hypothermia care
Wilderness Medicine in the developing world (When ecotourism goes awry) Altitude illness: How to prevent losing your iphone – a true story Sunday—Outdoor Activities
The quick summary of below: LightSquared is trying to get GPS receivers put into a category that they are unprotected by FCC rules and hence "are not entitled to interfer-ence protection from LightSquared operations." They have failed every test given by the Air Force Space Command. Should know the answer by March. Stay Tuned JR
Last Friday, one year and a day after the Federal Communications
Commission told startup broadband wireless carrier LightSquared it could
not begin operations until it demonstrated its network did not cause
interference with Global Positioning System receivers, the agency kicked
off a review process requested by the company to determine whether GPS
receivers are entitled to such protection.
On Dec. 20, 2011, LightSquared filed a petition
<http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7021751567> with FCC
seeking a ruling that commercial GPS receivers fit the commission's
description of unlicensed Earth stations or unlicensed wireless systems
such as Wi-Fi networks and hence "are not entitled to interference