Difference between revisions of "On The Hill Refresher"

Latest revision as of 15:12, 7 January 2009

The On The Hill Refresher is usually scheduled for the second weekend in December, and is intended to simulate a patrol day, complete with incidents, paperwork and field skills. The OTH should be dedicated to patrol day activites; classroom exercises should be the focus of the Operations refresher.

Summary of past Refreshers:

[edit] Mandatory Topics

• Leadership and Radio Communications
• Navigation (between stations)
• OEC Evaluations, interventions and patient packaging
• Avalanche searches: transceiver and probe-line searching

[edit] Rotating Annual Topics

[edit] 2008

• Backcountry Toboggan Skills
• Brooks Range Sled

[edit] 2007

• Avy Aware Route Planning
• Avy Aware Field Decisions
• Patient Transport
• Winter Survival: fire, water, shelter

[edit] 2006

• Filling out TBSP forms (Equipment Sign-out, DOL, Missing Persons, Medical Assistance)
• Preliminary Incident Command System (1st responsder, led by Patrol Leader)
• Loose-line SAR technique
• Interviewing a Reporting Party (missing persons report)
• Backcountry Toboggan Skills

[edit] 2005

• Makeshift Sleds: construction and Patient Transport
• Rope Rescue and Dynamic Toboggan Transport: Z-pulley
• Shelters: Trench and Megamid Setup
• Snow stability tests and safe travel (go/no go decision making)

[edit] 2004

• Makeshift Sleds
• Rope Rescue: Z-pulley
• Sheters and Snow Stability/Safe Travel evaluations
• Advanced Megamid Setup
• Snow stability