We will continue this week with the topic of the month in rope rescue work.

Rope rescue training.

Also some throw bag practice for those requiring it and fitting out of swift water gear.

A Rope Rescue manual can be found on VR under "FILE LIST" on the right hand side task bar.

We will continue this week with rope rescue work.

Knots will be the focus with some testing against a timer & each other.

Now that we are through the unit standard and audit process we wil get into some rope rescue work.

This will be the yearly regional exercise involving the 3 BOP teams.

Full details will be given when required, but we will be camping next to NTC for the duration of the exercise.

As a team member you are expected to attend the exercise.

Team being audited by the EMBOP audit team.

Regional Response Teams meeting and catch up

Response Teams pre-audit meeting to outline how the audit will work and who the auditors will be.

Tonight we will have a presentation from Marianne O'Halloran a former member of NZ-RT16 and contracted geotec engineer with the Task Force.

Marianne is a geotec engineer in her day job and consulted to the Task Forces in Christchurch.

She will give a presentation from a "Task Force technician geotech failure, hazard id etc module."

Theory/Practical for unit standard 10618 - Rescue casualties using rescue techniques.

This will cover stretchers & patient lashing to stretchers, knots and lines, improvised casualty handling.