Tuesday, May 20, 2008
May 20, 2008
There will be a debrief of the Ito search including members from PEP from Vancouver. Also there is a great deal of organization that needs to go into the truck and loading bay as the weatherhaven, crevasse rescue tripod, and ladders have been deposited there. Rope rescue kit needs clean up if anyone has time this week.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Brandywine Falls practice
Scenario:
Another tourist has fallen off a cliff and into a local river, and is stranded on a isolated shelf 1m above fast flowing water. Search teams will have to find the subject safely, and extract a subject from above using conventional rope rescue techniques. This practice will start from the search base at 6:30pm.
Practice Location: Brandywine Falls (hopefully), or in the Cheakamus canyon
Team Leader: Braden
Practice was a success teams located subject at the base of Brandywine falls at about 7:45pm. A top down rope rescue was preformed using two 300ft ropes. A redirected 3:1haul system for maximum throw on the haul system. 260ft to the bottom, 250ft was free hanging over a large overhang which kept rescuer from being hit by loose rock. Subject was recovered by 9pm.
Getting lowered in
The haul back out
thanks Todd K and Dave S for photo's
Another tourist has fallen off a cliff and into a local river, and is stranded on a isolated shelf 1m above fast flowing water. Search teams will have to find the subject safely, and extract a subject from above using conventional rope rescue techniques. This practice will start from the search base at 6:30pm.
Practice Location: Brandywine Falls (hopefully), or in the Cheakamus canyon
Team Leader: Braden
Practice was a success teams located subject at the base of Brandywine falls at about 7:45pm. A top down rope rescue was preformed using two 300ft ropes. A redirected 3:1haul system for maximum throw on the haul system. 260ft to the bottom, 250ft was free hanging over a large overhang which kept rescuer from being hit by loose rock. Subject was recovered by 9pm.
Getting lowered in
The haul back outthanks Todd K and Dave S for photo's
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Alexander Falls Training May 6, 2008
A slope assist raise setup was used to extract our patients route #6 was the access pointWith the 2010 games approaching a realistic swift water access scenario will be conducted Tuesday night at Alexander Falls at 7pm.
The scenario will involve aspects of approaching a swift water environment from above utilizing ropes, and anchors, and preparing the rescuer's with appropriate swift water equipment.
The scenerio: A tourist has gone past the fences at the falls looking to get a better picture. He slips, and ends up stranded, and injured in a canyon with fast flowing water.
Please be at the room at 6:30pm or meet us at the falls at 7pm.
Come equipped with harness, gloves, helmet, P.P.E. and your turnout gear. Be prepared to wade through Isothermal snow to access the site.
Team Leader: Daren R.
Contact Daren or Braden for more info
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