Being from the navy I didn't think too much about doing another sea survival course but I must say the air force course is much better than the naval sea survival. For us it was focused on hitting the water under canopy. Assuming your parachute was dragging you through the water you had to be able to successfully get out of your harness which isn't as easy as it sounds. They simulated this by suspending you 10 feet off the back of a boat, dropping you without warning into the ocean and dragging you at 5-6 knots through the water. You then have to stabilize yourself in the water and get out of your harness. Once that's done you have to inflate your one-man life raft and carry out your survival pattern.
The multi-man portion was good also. They took us out into the ocean, piled us all below deck and 8 at a time we would hurry topside and jump off the boat as if it was sinking. Each group had a ten man life raft. We had to get everyone inside and again do the survival pattern. Inflate the 'ceiling' of the raft, bail out the water, check for leaks, start making fresh water, etc. Staff simulates a storm by speeding by you and swamping your raft with waves. Pretty boring stuff actually. Some guys were starting to get a little ill at the end of it (myself included). Out of all the survival training I've done so far, this is the one I would like to do the least in a real situation.
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SAR Tech Motto: Without regard for my personal comfort or self advancement, to the best of my ability and to the limitations of my physical and psychological endurance, I solemnly pledge to make every effort to return to safety, those victims of disaster entrusted to my care by the assignment of the mission to which I have consented. These things I shall do: 'That others may live'
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What training do SAR Techs recieve?
SAR Techs are highly trained specialists who provide on-scene medical attention and rescue for aviators, mariners and others in distress in remote or hard to reach areas.
They are trained in advanced trauma life-support, land and sea survival, rescue techniques from helicopters, parachuting, diving, mountain climbing and rappelling.
In the air, they act as spotters, providing medical care during medical evacuation flights, direct the dropping of equipment and supplies by parachute and parachute and hoist from the planes and helicopters. On the ground, they render on-site medical care to casualties, organize and lead ground search teams and perform mountain rescue operations to assist and recover casualties.
They are trained to operate boats and to perform both surface and underwater rescues using scuba gear. They are trained as survival experts under all Canadian climatic and terrain conditions including on land, at sea, in the Arctic, on mountains and on glaciers. They are also trained to communicate with over-flying Aircraft by use of radios, flares, smoke, ground and hand signaling devices and other methods.
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