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.

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.

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

No training on the Thursday of a  long weekend.

This will be our final planned gathering for the 2015 year.

There will be no training just beer and pizza with a run down of the year gone by and the plans for 2016.

Bring $5 for pizza and some dollars for the bar.

This week we will take a look at all the stretcher types we have and how to use them.

We have at least 6 different types of stretchers and each has it's pros and cons.

Training this week will see us going over Responder Awareness theory.