During this time our members also participated in the Sheriff’s Gift of Love program, the 5th Annual Directors Breakfast, Januarys SAR Council Meeting and the various unit installation diners. As you can see our SAR members were very active during this period of time.
I would like to also thank all of the board members of the SAR Council who got out in January to attend the various unit meetings and installation dinners. Mike, Frank, Diana and Ron were on the road all month. If you did not see anyone from the Council at your January meeting, you better be watching your doors in February, one of or more us will be there….lol.
We have a number of events coming up in the next few months, at this time I would like to remind you about them. They are as follows:
Commanders/Coordinators Meeting:
This event will be on Saturday, February 11th. All SAR Unit Commanders, their Unit Board of Directors and Unit Coordinators are invited to attend Breakfast will be at 7:15 with the General Session starting at 8 a.m. Following the general session there will be a breakout session where each board officer will receive training for their respective office. This meeting will be at the following location: Immanual Baptist Church, 28355 E. Baseline, Highland.
After many years of hard work the AEMT program has finally been approved. The Advance Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) training program is now being put into place. Wes Podboy the chairman of this program is asking that all SAR Unit Commanders who are interested in this training for their units to attend a meeting that he has scheduled. All requirements, qualifications and equipment needs will be brought up at this time. The meeting will be at headquarters on Thursday, February 16th, starting at 7 p.m.
BSAR ACADEMY:
The first class of the year will be conducted on the weekends of March 17 and 18, March 31 - April 1 and April 14 and 15. If you have new members who have received their orders and ID Cards please contact Stella at Volunteer Forces to reserve them a seat for this class. All BSAR Mentors from the last two classes are invited back to help with the overnight exercise on April 14th. Please contact me (Dave Nicolet) to let me know if you can assist or not. If you would like to be a BSAR Mentor for future classes I will put you on a list to be added when vacancies occur. NOTE: For the first time the BSAR Staff will be offering to our members the opportunity to do their Basic BSAR Skills Certifications at the school. This is for members who for one reason or the other have not been able to certify with their units. If you have members who need to certify you must call Volunteer Forces to reserve a spot. The member must have approval to attend by their Unit Commander and Coordinator. Classes are limited to 15 members per class. Certification days will be on Saturday March 17th 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday March 18th 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday March 31st 9 a.m. to noon. Members must bring all of their own equipment as required to attend.
THE SHERIFFS 10K TRAIL RUN:
This event will be held on Sunday March 11th at the Sheriffs Academy in Glen Helen. All proceeds are going to go to the SAR Council who then will have the funds to purchase equipment for our SAR Units. We need manpower assistance for this event and we are hoping that you can help to support this effort. Setup personnel will be needed for Saturday, if you have ATV’s, Rhinos etc they will be needed as well. Sunday we will need members to help conduct this event and people to help tear down afterwards. If you have any members of your unit that can assist please contact Mike Ward or Ron Pesch to let them know with a headcount ASAP. Hope to see you all their.
MSAR COUNTYWIDE TRAINING:
The third time is the charm! The Apple Valley Posse will once again try to host this event. Unfortunately, due to circumstance beyond their control the last two attempts have been canceled. The 6th Annual Training will now be held in May 2012. It will be at the Mojave Narrows Regional Park.
OHVSAR COUNTYWIDE TRAINING:
The 2nd Annual OHVSAR Training will beheld this spring hosted by the Bear Valley SAR unit. Mike Westover, our county chairman will be releasing more information about this training in the very near future. This training will be held in May of this year. We will keep you posted.
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION PICNIC:
Bring your family to the Sheriffs Appreciation Picnic that will be held on June 2nd of this year. It will be held at the Yucaipa Regional Park for you and all of our other volunteers of San Bernardino County. This is a outstanding picnic with great food, raffles, things for the kids to enjoy and much more. Don’t miss this, this is just a another way that the department has to thank you for all of your volunteer time.
SAR COUNCIL MEETING:
The next meeting of the SAR Council will be held on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. It will be at Headquarters and will start at 7 p.m. Remember to send your Unit Representatives and that this meeting is open to all of our members as well. On a quick note, I would like to thank Under Sheriff Abernathy, Assistant Sheriff McMahon and Deputy Chief Cook for attending our last two meeting to address our membership about SAR vehicles. Their assistance with this matter has been outstanding, all of us do appreciate there efforts to resolve the issues that were facing many of our units.
As you can see that once again we have a busy schedule ahead, I hope to see each and everyone of you at these various events. Until then I hope that you are and remember to….
The 2012 Sheriff's Trail Run (March 11, 2012) will benefit the search and rescue program in San Bernardino County. We need help in getting the word out, and in running the event. Please read your sbsar.org email for further information, and distribute the flyer, linked below.
Set-up will be Saturday, March 10, and there will be a need for ATVs to access a few water stations, and to assist with set-up tasks. Clean-up on Sunday should be finished by the afternoon.
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Registration:
Please click here to register online.
Cost:
Cost for the course $190 (Includes all course materials and books as well as access to ski resorts)
Students will be responsible for transportation costs and housing for the field session to the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard resort. Arrangements have been made for a two bedroom cabin at the Mt Charleston Resort where students can share the cost at $190 a night. In addition, tent camping will be available at the resort and some discounted rooms at the hotel are available. Please contact Jeff Pierce if you are interested.
Pre-Requisite
Students must have taken a Level 1 course in the last 4 years.
Empirically Derived Breaking Strengths for Basket Hitches and Wrap Three Pull Two Webbing Anchors
Does Nylon Lose 15% of its Strength When Wet?
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.
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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
Cpl. Dan Whitten was recognized at the last IESARC meeting for his service at Volunteer Forces. He is now fighting crime in Yucaipa. I am certain that his new hat strikes fear in the hearts of criminals everywhere.
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However, unfortunately, the 6th Annual Countywide MSAR Training was once again cancelled due to a countywide callout on the same day and at the same location that the training was to be held. This, along with the same training that was cancelled due to an equine virus earlier this year, was very disappointing. The members of the Apple Valley Posse on both occasions have had the training already to go when they have been notified of this news. But, giving them credit that they so richly deserve, they are undeterred and are bound and determined to still host this training at yet another time. This will be determined by them and our MSAR Committee in the near future. I would like to thank all of members of their unit for their hard work and determination.
There is also a variety of activities and events upcoming that you may want to attend during the next few months. We hope that you can find the time to be part of and/or participate in some of these affairs that are listed below:
DAN WHITTEN FAREWELL: As most you know Dan has left Volunteer Forces and has been reassigned to the Yucaipa Station. We would like to invite you all to attend our upcoming SAR Council Meeting, to be held on November 16th at 7 p.m., to help show him our appreciation for the job that he has done while serving as our SAR Coordinator over the last three years. All of us are looking forward to seeing him and thanking him for his dedication and service. I sincerely hope that you can attend, your participation will be deeply appreciated by the SAR Council and Dan. Hope to see you there.
SAR VEHICLES - NEW DEPARTMENT POLICY’S: There has been some confusion and some rumors going around our SAR community about how and why some of our SAR vehicles’ are being removed and/or replace. To clarify this matter, at the next SAR Council Meeting, there will be members of the departments Executive Staff who will be attending to address this issue. They will layout the why and when’s and will be available for questions and answers at the end of their presentation. If you have any concerns or are just wanting to know what’s going on in regards to this issue, please attend this next meeting.
SAR FUNDRAISER: A lot of you know the name, Sgt. McCoy, he is the past co-chairman of the Sheriff’s Mudrun. Due to a number of factors, Sgt. McCoy now has moved on to now wanting to host an event that will strictly benefit the SAR Council and the SAR Units of our county. Sgt. McCoy will be making a presentation at our next meeting to inform us of what type of an event it will be, when its going to be held and what we can do to help him and his committee to make this a very successful fundraising project for our SAR community. This is very exciting, this could be the annual event that we have been looking for to help raise funds for the Council that can be used to provide much needed equipment to our SAR units. We hope to gain all of the support that we can find from our units, and our entire membership, for this upcoming event.\
MOTORCYCLE FUND RAISER: The SAR Council at this time is conducting a raffle for a chance to win a 2008 Yamaha WR450F motorcycle. This motorcycle has very low hours and looks and runs just like new. Tickets are on sell for $10.00 per ticket. You can purchase these tickets at Volunteer Forces or call/email Council Treasurer Ron Pesch and he will make arrangements to get the tickets to you. This is a fund raiser for the Council and we hope that you will help us out. We are also hoping, if your unit would like to assist us, that each SAR unit would purchase 10 tickets and use them as gifts or to sell to your community members. Any help that you can give us would be deeply appreciated and if you or your unit would like to purchase these tickets, again get a hold of Ron Pesch.
GIFT OF LOVE: This annual event will be held on December 10, 2011. Mike Ward and the committee he is on are once again looking for assistance to provide SAR displays for the kids and their moms. Call Mike at 909-953-0962 if you can lend a hand at this very worthwhile affair. See the smiles and appreciation that these unfortunate kids and their moms have to show us and the department. So, please take a little bit of time to provide them with a very nice Christmas event. Hope to see you there.
DIRECTORS BREAKFAST: The 4th Annual Directors Breakfast will be held on Saturday January 7, 2012. This is an annual breakfast for all of our new and returning SAR Unit Commanders. Members of Volunteer Forces, the Executive Staff and the SAR Council Board of Directors will also be in attendance. We encourage all of our Unit Commanders to attend this event. Breakfast will be served upstairs at headquarters at 830 a.m. More information will be sent out about this breakfast as the time draws nearer.
LIFE SAVING AWARDS: We are pleased to announce that from Volunteer Forces Sgt. Jeff Joling and Dep. Marylee Brown with be receiving their Life Saving Awards this Friday, November 18, 2011 at the Government Building in San Bernardino. Along with Jeff and Marylee, Tom Humphryfied of the Morongo Basin SAR unit will also be receiving his. If you would like to attend this event to show your support please be there at 10 a.m. Suit and tie for this very very nice affair. CPR, HARMS AND BASIC SAR SKILLS CERTS: Volunteer Forces has asked us once again to remind you that all of these certification as due and that they would like to have a list of your unit members who have and not have recertified in these various areas. Please send your paperwork with this information to SAR Coordinator Dave Alexander at Volunteer Forces ASAP. Thank you.
As you can see we are busy once again with a variety of events and meetings and we hope that you can find the time to participate. But, in the meantime, on behalf of the entire Board of Directors of the SAR Council (Frank, Ron, Diana and Mike) I would like to wish you all a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Be Safe Dave Nicolet, Director Inland Empire SAR Council Dnicolet@sbsar.org
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