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Emergency Services Online Tests - Click here You need to take & Pass the CAPT 116 and CAPT 117 Parts 1, 2 & 3. (Part #1 is for Ground Team\Urban Direction Finding Team) (Part #2 is for Air Crews) (Part #3 is for Mission Base including Communications)
FEMA Independent Study Program (ICS Courses \ 100, 200, 700, & 800) - Click here
Online Validation Tool - Click here Find and Print Online Certificates
OPS Online Tests - Click here
Communications Online Tests - Click here

All in .pdf Adobe Acrobat File Format

SQTR Change Memo 28 March 05

Mission Observer SQTR (Update effective 11 APR 05 - 170KB)
Aircrew and Flightline Task Guide (Update effective 11 APR 05 - 5.6MB)
OSC, PSC, IC3, and AL3 SQTRs (Update effective 11 APR 05 - 540KB)
Mission Base Staff Task Guide (Update effective 11 APR 05 - 1.1MB)

General Emergency Services Currency Requirements For All Specialties.

28 November 2004 Deadline for currency.

General Emergency Services Materials

General Emergency Services Training (Including the Online CAPT 116)

Specialty Qualification Training Record (SQTR)

All SQTR's in PDF format.

Ground and Urban DF Team Materials

Ground Team Member Training
Ground Team Leader Training
Urban Direction Finding Team Training

Incident Command and Mission Staff Materials

Incident Command System for Mission Staff
Mission Radio Operator Training
Mission Safety Officer Training

Aircrew and Flightline Materials

Mission Scanner
Mission Observer
Mission Pilot
Flightline Marshaller
Flightline Supervisor

Online courses available at FEMA. These are online courses available to anyone. They are developed and maintained by the staff at EMI. Personnel may be especially interested in taking IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800. http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp

ICS/NIIMS Course Materials

Inland SAR School Registration (run by the AFRCC for Incident Commanders)

EMERGENCY SERVICES QUALIFICATIONS

ADIS - Aerial Digital Imaging System Operator

AOBD - Air Operations Branch Director

AP - Airborne Photographer

ARCHOPR - ARCHER Operator

ARCHSPC - ARCHER Field Spectrometer Operator

ARCHTRK - ARCHER Trac Technicians

CERT - Community Emergency Response Team

CISM - CISM Personnel

CUL - Communications Unit Leader

FASC - Finance/Admin Section Chief

FLM - Flight Line Marshaller

FLS - Flight Line Supervisor

GBD - Ground Branch Director

GES - General Emergency Services

GTL - Ground Team Leader

GTM1 - Ground Team Member Level 1

GTM2 - Ground Team Member Level 2

GTM3 - Ground Team Member Level 3

IC1 - Incident Commander Level 1

IC2 - Incident Commander Level 2

IC3 - Incident Commander Level 3

ICS300 - ICS-300

ICS400 - ICS-400

IS100 - IS-100

IS200 - IS-200

IS700 - IS-700

IS800 - IS-800

LO - Liaison Officer

LSC - Logistics Section Chief

MC - Mission Chaplain

MFC - Mountain Flying Certification

MO - Mission Observer

MP - SAR/DR Mission Pilot

MRO - Mission Radio Operator

MS - Mission Scanner

MSA - Mission Staff Assistant

MSO - Mission Safety Officer

OSC - Operations Section Chief

PIO - Public Information Officer

PSC - Planning Section Chief

SET - Skills Evaluator

TMP - Transport Mission Pilot

UDF - Urban Direction Finding Team

WS - Water Survival

NOAA satellites help rescue 353 people in 2007

The SARSAT satellite

Armed with personal locator beacons to send a distress signal, 353 people were rescued in the United States and its surrounding waters in 2007 from potentially life-threatening emergencies.

These signals were transmitted to rescue teams via a NOAA environmental satellite more commonly known for providing information to weather forecasters.

NOAA’s polar-orbiting and geo-stationary satellites, along with Russia’s Cospas spacecraft, are part of the high-tech, international Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System, called COSPAS-SARSAT. This system uses a network of satellites to quickly detect and locate distress signals from emergency beacons on board aircraft and boats and from hand-held personal locator beacons (PLBs).

Now in its 25th year of operation, COSPAS-SARSAT has been credited with more than 22,000 rescues worldwide, including more than 5,700 in the United States and its surrounding waters.

"Each person rescued was a tragedy averted," Mary Kicza, assistant administrator for NOAA's Satellite and Information Service. "This satellite-based rescue program is a key NOAA contribution to protecting American lives."

When a satellite pinpoints a distress location within the United States, or its surrounding waters, the information is relayed to SARSAT Mission Control at NOAA's Satellite Operations Center in Suitland, Md., and is then sent to a rescue coordination center, operated either by the U.S. Air Force, for land rescues, or U.S. Coast Guard, for water rescues.

Alaska and Florida recorded the most rescues in 2007 –- 73 each. North Carolina was third with 16 rescues. Twenty-four states experienced a SARSAT rescue. Of the 353 rescues for 2007, 235 people were saved at sea, 30 were rescued from downed aircraft, and 88 were saved with help from their PLBs -- the highest total since PLBs became operational nationwide in 2003. The total rescues in 2007 mark an increase from 272 the previous year.

"Anyone with plans to hike, or camp, in a remote area, where cell phone service is not reliable, or sail a boat far from shore, should not leave home without an emergency locator beacon, registered with NOAA," said Chris O'Conners, acting program manager for NOAA SARSAT. He added the number of beacon registrations in 2007 climbed to 29,710 compared with 23,383 in 2006.

Older emergency beacons, which operate on the 121.5 and 243 megahertz frequencies, will be phased out by early 2009, when 406 megahertz beacons will become the new standard. A key advantage of some the 406 megahertz beacons is they use Global Positioning System technology for instant detection, leading to faster rescues.

All of the rescues in 2007 from emergency locator transmitters carried on planes used the older 121.5 MHz frequency. But beginning Feb. 1, 2009, this 121.5 MHz signal will not be processed. "It's critical that everyone gets the message now to make the switch to the 406 MHz beacons," added O’Conners.

2007 SARSAT rescue highlights:

-- Four people were rescued in Lake Michigan, when a powerful storm knocked out communications to their boat, which was running low on fuel.

-- Near Kanatak, Alaska, four people and a dog were pulled to safety from their sinking boat;

-- Three people were rescued after their raft capsized in the rough rapids of the Green River in northeast Utah;

-- A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hoisted three people from 70-foot high seas, after their boat sank 200 miles off the coast of North Carolina;

-- And a 71-year-old hiker, too exhausted to continue his outdoor trek along the Pacific Crest Trail, was rescued in Wrightwood, Calif.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department, is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and information service delivery for transportation, and by providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners, more than 70 countries and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes, predicts, and protects.

We uses MapTech Topographic Mapping Software

MapTech Terrain Navigator Pro 8

St. Louis Regional Topo Map

Key Search And Rescue Benefits Using Terrain Navigator:

Print as many maps as needed - everyone has the same map - eliminates misinformation.
No more searching for the next map or lining them up, Terrain Navigator's seamless maps make the process flow smoothly and efficiently.
Project the path of least resistance for a lost person based on the existing contour and being able to view surrounding area quickly.
Collect search team waypoints using GPS, and radio back to the Search Manager to update existing maps.
Mark the map with the known PLS (place last seen) and project high probability search areas.
Save valuable time - plan your strategy with the best available data and do it quickly.
Direct search teams to a sighting or re-assign manpower for a carry-out by viewing the Topo's on your computer screen and laying out the best route.
Enter the Coordinates & Terrain Navigator will plot your SARSAT hits.

EMERGENCY SERVICES CHECKLISTS

The following are ES checklists for CAP use that are aligned with the Interim CAP-USAF Pamphlet 12 (Pam 12) dated 19 May 05. Modifications were made where the Pam 12 wasn’t in compliance with accepted ICS/NIMS procedures. A Staging Area Manager Checklist has been added because CAP routinely uses Staging Areas during DR missions and large scale SAR missions. The items in “black” are the evaluated items in the Pam 12; and the items in “blue” were cherry picked from CAPR 60-1; from CAPR 60-3; from CAPR 60-4; from the former CAPR 55-1 Functional Area Checklists; from FEMA EMI checklists; from the AZ Wing Mission Staff Checklists; from the NJ Wing Mission Staff Checklists; from numerous SAR/DR evaluation write-ups; from the SQTRs; and from inputs from over a dozen ICs. Please send candid critiques, suggestions or corrections to POC: Joe.Abegg@spaatz.org or (C) 609-605-0607.

Notes: The checklists are listed as they are in the Pam 12, not alphabetical

The checklists items are posted as bullets versus check-off items, because
- some items will be ongoing or repetitive for the duration of the incident
The checklist items are a guide (or memory jog) and are not regulatory
The checklist format is basic MS Word to allow for modifications for local procedures

It is assumed that all personnel have current ID cards, wear the appropriate uniform, sign-in, sign-out, and return assigned equipment

These checklist guides are a living document and will be updated when required.

Download Check List in MS Word (.doc) Format

"SARSAT" = Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
"COSPAS" Cosmicheskaya Sistyema Poiska Avariynich Sudov
(Space System for the Search of Vessels in Distress)

Always good to have in your gear, You may need it!!!

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