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* First Responder Initiative * FEMA Launches NIMS Website * NIMS Resource Typing for SAR Resources * FEMA Unveils New ICS Course * MRA Honor Guard Posts Comprehensive List of SAR Fatalities * International Commission for Alpine Rescue * Health Status of World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers * E-GADS! Computer Software Released * I-Man Computer Software Updated and Available * International SAR Advisory Group * Resources for Safety Officers * Call for Workshops, NASAR Response 2005
======================================================================== Online version at www.SARNEWS.com 11/28/2004 ========================================================================
Subscribe for Free to GPS World
Interested in knowing current developments in GPS technology? Then you can subscribe to a monthly magazine dedicated to cutting edge developments in GPS. It can be a bit technical at times, but a free subscription should attract many in SAR. This month’s articles include tracking hazardous materials, stolen asset recovery, affects of the ionosphere, and using GPS to fly remote mini-airplanes with sensors. Many of the articles can also be viewed online.
http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/
======================================================================== Call for Nominations - NASAR SAR Awards
Each year at the NASAR conference, NASAR has paid tribute to some of the world's finest search and rescue professionals. That tradition will continue at SAR 2005.
The NASAR Board of Directors is now accepting applications and nominations for the awards.
Eligible recipients for the NASAR Awards Program include SAR teams, government organizations, individuals, and youth. Awards are given for volunteer service, valor, and professional/technical contributions to the field, among others.
http://www.nasar.org/nasar/news.php?id=153
======================================================================== First Responder Initiative
This year the USDA has established a First Responder Initiative, which will prioritize the funding of at least $100 million to specifically strengthen the ability of rural communities to respond to local emergencies.
Visit www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/newsroom/2004/firstresponders2004list.html to see a list of loans and grants already obligated to first responders.
How to Apply: All applications are filed with the USDA Rural Development field offices. To find the nearest USDA Rural Development field office, please visit:
www.rurdev.usda.gov/recd_map.html or contact the Rural Housing Service National Office at 202-720-4323.
======================================================================== FEMA launches NIMS Website
FEMA has created a centralized web portal to serve as a resource for emergency managers and first responders on the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The website offers emergency managers a complete listing of NIMS requirements, tools and resources, and general information on the new incident management and maintenance tool. The assessment process, compliance criteria, NIMS-related training, and implementation timelines are some of the issues that will be addressed by the website.
======================================================================== NIMS Resource Typing for SAR Resources
Resource typing definitions provide emergency managers with the information they need to request and receive the resources they require during an emergency or disaster. Typed definitions for 120 response resources have been completed. Like the Glossary, the Resource Typing Definitions will be continuously updated, revised, and expanded.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and you can see the resource typing for SAR resources which includes; Air Search Team (Fixed-Wing), Airborne Reconnaissance (Fixed-Wing), Canine SAR team (Avalanche, Disaster, Cadaver, Water, Wilderness Air, Wilderness Tracking/Trailing), Cave, Collapse, Mine and Tunnel, Mountain SAR, Radio DF, Swift water, USAR Incident Support, USAR task force, and Wilderness SAR teams. It remains to be determined who will be responsible for the actual typing of resources.
For additional information contact Jonathan Jenkins at Jonathan.Jenkins@associates.dhs.gov.
http://www.fema.gov/nims/mutual_aid.shtm#resources http://www.nasar.org/nasar/news.php?id=151
======================================================================== FEMA Unveils New ICS Course
FEMA’s new online independent study course, Basic Incident Command System for Federal Disaster Workers, IS-200, is designed to identify incident command system (ICS) features and principles, describing in more detail elements such as establishment and transfer of command, management by objectives, unified command, ICS management functions, organizational flexibility, unity and chain of command, span of control, incident action plans, resource management, common terminology and clear text, integrated communications, and personnel accountability. A disaster scenario threads throughout the course to describe the common responsibilities associated with incident assignments from a federal disaster response workforce perspective. IS-200 is tailored specifically for federal disaster workers and is not meant to replace Basic Incident Command System, IS-195. Introduction to the Incident Command System for Federal Disaster Workers, IS-100, is a prerequisite to IS-200.
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/.
======================================================================== MRA Honor Guard Posts Comprehensive List of SAR Fatalities
The MRA Honor Guard continues to update and expand its website. A slide show is now available online that briefly explains each SAR line of duty deaths. The page also includes information on requesting the team and how to add information to the web site.
http://www.mountainrescuehonorguard.org/index.asp
======================================================================== International Commission For Alpine Rescue
Interested in a wide range of medical and rescue papers, many from an international perspective? Then a visit to the International Commission for Alpine Rescue may offer a treasure trove of articles. Major topics include terrestrial rescue, air rescue, avalanche rescue, and alpine medicine.
======================================================================== Health Status of World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers
The findings in this report indicate that a substantial proportion of program participants had new-onset and persistent upper and lower airway symptoms, musculoskeletal symptoms, and gastrointestinal symptoms. In addition, a substantial proportion of participants had respiratory abnormalities on spirometry. This preliminary analysis is consistent with earlier reports from WTC screening programs conducted by FDNY (4,5), which documented a substantial proportion of respiratory symptoms in emergency response workers.
During July 16, 2002--August 6, 2004, the program evaluated 11,768 workers and volunteers. This report summarizes data analyzed from a subset of 1,138 of the 11,768 participants evaluated at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine during July 16--December 31, 2002. On the basis of one or more standardized screening questionnaires, approximately half (51%) of participants met threshold criteria for a clinical mental health evaluation.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5335a2.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5335a1.htm
======================================================================== E-GADS! Computer Software Released
E-GADS! (Electronic Ground Search and Rescue Administrative Database System) version 2.2.5 has been released. A number of bugs related to the map display have been fixed and minor functionality enhancements have been added. A companion map data set for the United States has been released as a separate package.
E-GADS! is an open source (free) php/MySQL based administrative database system designed to assist volunteer ground search and rescue teams in managing membership, training and search report information.
http://e-gads.sourceforge.net/
======================================================================== IMan Software Available
IMan - (Incident Management tool) has been developed in response to the rapid changes occurring in Search and Rescue (SAR) in New Zealand during the last few years. IMan is intended first and foremost as a tool to manage this information. Each and every piece of information should be logged into the system. The process of recording this information needs to be consistent, simple and seamless. If the process of recording and managing information at Search Base is perceived by the search teams as being tedious then the teams will raise their filter levels for the clue-related information they supply.
IMan allows search managers to manage the information efficiently, to focus on the relevance of the information and the analysis of its significance rather than the means of recording it.
http://www.datasolve.co.nz/DSIMan.aspx
======================================================================== International SAR Advisory Group
INSARAG is an inter-governmental network under the United Nations umbrella, which deals with urban search and rescue (USAR) and related disaster response issues. Its purpose is to provide a platform for information exchange, to define standards for international USAR assistance and to develop methodology for international cooperation and coordination in earthquake response. INSARAG includes earthquake-prone countries as well as traditional providers of international assistance. The webpage provides information on membership, a directory of resources, typing teams, etc.
http://ochaonline.un.org/webpage.asp?MenuID=6165&Page=549
======================================================================= Resources for Safety Officers
Looking for free publications aimed at safety officers? The Texas Worker's Compensation Commission has a large number of publications and brochures aimed at important safety issues. Fact sheets to entire training programs are available for download.
http://www.twcc.state.tx.us/information/videoresources/onlinepubs.html
======================================================================= Oakland 2005 NASAR Conference
Interested in sharing your search and rescue expertise with an international audience? NASAR is now accepting proposals for workshops to be conducted at the SAR 2005 event. To download the guidelines click below:
http://www.nasar.org/nasar/downloads/Call_for_05_Presenters.pdf
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