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National Cave Rescue Commission’sOrientation to Cave Rescue
San Bernardino County, CA
July 18-19, 2009
Hosted by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Cave and Technical Rescue Team, this two-dayOrientation to Cave Rescue course introduces students to:
Cave rescue practices and the caving environment
Basic incident command and support functions
Communications
Medical considerations
Patient packaging
Advanced litter teamwork, and more.Day two concludes with an in-cave mock rescue. This course does
not
cover vertical ropetechniques or surface search and rescue.
Course begins Saturday at 0800 and will becompleted by 1500 on Sunday.
Day 1
will be held at Glen Helen North between I-215 and I-15 freeways. Go to
www.caverescue.net
for maps and directions.
Day 2
will be held in the Big Bear area. Feel freeto call 619-573-6748 with questions.
Equipment List
1.
SMALL PACK
.2.
SMALL NOTE PAD and PENCIL
3.
HELMET
4.
3 HELMET-MOUNTABLE LIGHTS
5.
RUGGED CLOTHING
6.
GLOVES
7.
STURDY SHOES
8.
FOOD
9.
2L WATER
10.
2 LARGE GARBAGE BAGS
11.
PERSONAL FIRST AID KIT
OPTIONAL
– 20 feet of one-inch nylon webbing andone or two locking carabiners
Please contact Jeff Lehman if you have caving gear that has seen use in the eastern US.
www.caverescue.net www.caves.org/ncrc/national
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