Companion Cave Rescue Workshop (COURSE IS NOW FULL)
*Updated Registration Info*
1. Dowload and print form from http://www.cancaver.ca/bccr/BCCRCanmore2008.pdf and submit by snail mail with payment to register and ensure a place immediately.
2. Book a tentative place either by e-mailing the information from the form to
pwhitfield@telus.net or by registering above and confirm before March 15 by sending payment or a non-refundable deposit by snail mail to Phil Whitfield (or otherwise confirm payment arrangements through him).
May 2-4, 2008
Canmore, Alberta
The 20-hour Companion Cave Rescue Workshop is intended to be useful to anyone interested in safe caving skills, including novices, experienced cavers and SAR personnel who wish to broaden their knowledge. It provides expert instruction in rigging, single rope techniques, accident avoidance, mechanical advantage systems and companion rescue methods for caving.
The consecutive Rope Rescue Response Workshop http://www.missioncontrol.co.nz/itm/Event_Master_Item_Public.aspx?ID=1110 builds on the rigging and rescue skills practiced in the Companion Rescue Workshop by introducing participants to high angle stretcher handling, rigging and the organizational structure of a technical rope rescue response, with particular reference to cave rescue.
Together, these workshops deliver the content of the BC Provincial Emergency Program Rope Rescue Team Member course as well as companion cave rescue skills and the essence of the week-long BC Cave Rescue Seminars held every second year on Vancouver Island. Vertical caving, SAR experience or the Companion Rescue Course are necessary prerequisites for the Response Workshop.
The workshops are organized by BC Cave Rescue (BCCR), the Alberta Cave Rescue Organization (ACRO), and Canmore Caverns Ltd. All instructors have considerable cave rescue and/or SAR experience and several hold British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program Rope Rescue Instructor, Team Leader or Search Manager certifications. Both workshops are intensively "hands-on" and involve simulations and scenarios designed to build skills and teamwork. Participants will receive course materials at registration that can be retained for reference to reinforce and expand on knowledge and skills presented during the workshops. Certificates of completion will be issued, but skill proficiency is not certified because no time is available for formal evaluations within the tight schedule. Registration is limited to 20 or fewer participants.
For more information contact:
Phil Whitfield, Provincial Coordinator, BC Cave Rescue
There is also information posted on the BCCR website at www.cancaver.ca/bccr/