Media Night:

A reporter from SunLIve will be present to take pictures and interviews with members leading into National Volunteer Week and also the end of our recruitment campaign.

SunLive is owned by NZME (Hearld and BOP Times) so the story could be in any of these papers and websites.

We will be doing a ladder hinge for the night with report willing to be a patient for us.

Compentencies are:

Lead: Shaun

Support: Dingo

Strand:  General Rescue and Deployment 

Ladders and ladder lift 

Compentencies are:

Ladder awareness and use

Deployment Awareness

Lead: Kerry

Strand:  Foundation.

Quiz night on foundation topics.

Compentencies are:

Knots and anchor knowledge

Medical and Triage knowledge 

General Rescue

Lead: Kerry

Support: Bex

Introduction to software training for Survey123, Quickcapture and Fieldmaps.  

Meet and greet from some EMBOP staff.

A look at the ECC set up.

Street Recon - no numbers no identification - how do you recon.   

Practical for floor plan identication and drawing. 

Location awareness of items in utes, where things are found.

Ute ID's, fuel card number, tips and tricks.

Weekend Course, Sat & Sun.

Lisa Glass from EMBOP on site to take some promo videos for recruitment drive.

All present took part in the promo videos.

Utes are set up for flood course.

Utes were fueled up.

Water gear returned after being dried after the water course weekend.

Trial of the prototype guides made to fit the extention ladder to assist when doing ladder slides with the new basket stretchers.

Different patient lashing techniques tried using rope, tape, spider straps.