I serve as a volunteer with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Cave & Technical Rescue Team. I also am the webmaster for the SBAR.ORG website. You can follow my twitter feed (jlehman) or the sbsar twitter feed for breaking information.Orientation to Cave Rescue course still has a few spots. Visit www.caverescue.net for info.
Crevasse 5:1 http://post.ly/q3f
Cave Team sending 2 students to Ropes that Rescue class tomorrow.
News story on today’s Lytle Creek search can be found at http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_12317828
I serve as an instructor for the Technical Rescue Basics Course (TRBC) for San Bernardino County Sheriff’s SAR. For the past two weekends (including 6pm-10pm on Fridays) a number of students took the first step in gaining proficiency in technical rope rescue. The first weekend is a combination of classroom and practical skills, while the second weekend is spent in the field using the skills. They also have to pass a written exam and a practical skills check-off to pass the class.
The course curriculum includes material on the physics of rescue systems where students learn about the forces involved in rescue systems, and how to design safe anchors and litter evacuation systems. In order to participate in rope rescues in San Bernardino County, SAR members must pass this course as a minimum. There is also a team-level certification that must be passed which requires more advanced rope rescue training by most members.
