Level 2 Avalanche Course

A level 2 Avalanche course is being taught in conjunction with the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort. Cassroom sessions will take place in Southern CA and one of the field sessions will be at the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort with Greg French, the manager of their Avalanche Mitigation team. Greg will also be teaching a Level 2 course and we will be bringing all of our students together as a team to participate in two days of field sessions. Below you will find the details for the course.

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ITRS 2011

Once again the International Technical Rescue Symposium met in November to discuss a variety of technical rescue topics. A few representatives from SBSAR were on hand to participate. Below are a sample of some of the presentations offered:

Empirically Derived Breaking Strengths for Basket Hitches and Wrap Three Pull Two Webbing Anchors

Does Nylon Lose 15% of its Strength When Wet?

Suspension Trauma Revisited

If you are interested in attending or presenting, the 2012 call for papers has been posted, and the registration will open soon. In 2012 the symposium will be in Seattle, WA.

SAR Volunteers Recognized

Efforts to integrate GIS with SAR mission operations recently took a leap forward. Read the details on the ESRI blog.

BSAR Oct 2011

More than 32 students graduated from October's BSAR Academy. This is the first certification that new SBSAR members must complete. Basic search techniques, survival skills, and land navigation are among the myriad topics covered.

Gift of Love 2011

As most of you know the Sheriff’s Gift of Love Program is Saturday, December 10, 2011. This is the 14th year of a very heartwarming and successful event, successful, due in part, to Search and Rescue’s participation.

Once again, I’m asking for your help in giving mothers and children, living in domestic violence shelters, a Christmas they wouldn’t have without us; a Christmas they’ll never forget. At a very dark and depressing time in their lives someone cared…We cared!

Here’s what I need:

Arrive at the location (distributed in email to your sbsar.org account), and be at your best. This means look sharp and be ready to have fun putting smiles on the young one’s faces, Mom’s too!

Please follow your chain of command and have ONE PERSON from each unit, which plans on participating, contact me with your resource numbers and info ASAP.

We give a gift of love that gets returned. You’ll never forget the child that hugs your leg and says, “Can I come home with you?”

Thanks for your many years of participation!

Mike Ward
SAR Council