Weekly Training

Thursday training evenings
Starts at Thursday, 25 September, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 25 September, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Stream: Deployment / Foundation

Driving and trailers

Competencies:

Induction into vehicles, trailers, driving and responsibilities.  Driver challenges

 

Lead: Kerry

Support: Dingo

Starts at Thursday, 11 September, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 11 September, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Stream: Deployment 

Comms and Starlink training 

 

Competencies:

Repeaters / radios /  starlink and general comms training

 

Lead: Bex

Support: Shaun

Starts at Thursday, 4 September, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 4 September, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Police Vetting ID's will be sighted by EMBOP and paperwork collected.

Casualty Basics

 

Starts at Thursday, 28 August, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 28 August, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Police vetting forms to fill out.

Strand: Light Rescue

USAR and General Rescue Basics

Foundation and Legislation

Objective: Build baseline knowledge Urban Search and Rescue

Content

  • Overview of USAR organisation and roles.
  • General Rescue principles.
  • PPE and safety protocols.

Assessment

  • Knowledge quiz

 

Starts at Thursday, 21 August, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 21 August, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand - Light Rescue

Playground exercise (Stretcher Carry) - Bayfair Playground

Competencies: Team work, communication, paitent handling 101, paitent packaging and patient carrying. 

 

Lead:Dingo and Jane

Support: Bex and Kerry

Starts at Thursday, 14 August, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 14 August, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Stream: Foundation 

  • Radio protocols

  • Hand signals

  • Whistle codes:

    • 3 short blasts = evacuate

    • 1 long = cease operations

    • 1 long + 1 short = resume

 

Starts at Thursday, 7 August, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 7 August, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Stream: Storm Response 

Scenario: Tornado response planning and deployment 

Competencies:

ladders, lines, anchors, roof kit, sitreps and hot Debrief.

 

Lead: Bex -   Overwatch: Dingo

Support: Kerry

Starts at Thursday, 31 July, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 31 July, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Stream: Ropes and Knots

 

Competencies:

Single figure of 8
Figure 8 on the bight
Rethreaded figure of 8
Joining figure of 8 (Figure 8 bend)
Round turn and two half hitches
Alpine butterfly
Prusik knot (Classic)
Friction hitch (Italian, munter)
Clove hitch
Inspect a rope & Complete a rope log
Industrial figure 8 (2 loop figure 8)
Tape Knot (Water Knot)
Double fisherman's
Vertical Lift Knot or improvised harness

Lead: Dingo

Support: Jon

Starts at Thursday, 24 July, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 24 July, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Weekly Training.

TBC

For those not able to make the Ohau Channel Exercise training will be provided at the Hanger.

Starts at Thursday, 17 July, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 17 July, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Stream: Foundation

Pallet exercise

Competencies:

hand tools and setting up camp

 

Lead: Dingo

Support: Jon

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