General Conference Class List

The following General Conference classes were offered during the SAR '05 Conference:

• 24 Hour SAR Pack⁄SAR Team Survival
• 4x4s in SAR and Self-Recovery
• Advanced Helicopter Operations
• An Overview of ‘Incident Commander V4’ – Advanced technology for the Incident Management Team
• Assessing Backcountry⁄Wilderness Hazards
• Assumptions and Alzheimer's Don't Mix
• ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) Safety Class
• The Avalanche Rescue Transceiver: A Hands-On Introduction
• Aviation Emergency Services- an Introduction
• Aviation Emergency Services and PLBs
• Back-country Avalanche Rescue: Initial Assessment and Search by Certified Dog Handlers
• Basic First Aid, CPR, and AED
• Basic Map and Compass
• Tracking: Basic⁄Apprentice Tracker Training Levels for SAR and Law Enforcement First Responders
• Bone I.D.- Determination of Human vs. Non-Human Bone
• Canine Good Citizen Test
• Canine Water Search- Environmental Factors and Training Implications
• Computer Use in Search and Rescue
• Critical Incident Stress Management for SAR
• Critical Separation Revisited
• Current Trends in SAR Skills Training
• Dangerous Wildlife- How To Minimize Risk
• Eating and Dressing to Respond
• Effective Decision Making on Incidents
• ERI International SAR Programs and the Six-Step Decision Process
• Explosives Recognition
• Field First Aid for Your Canine Teammate
• Firecraft- Fairchild AFB Survival School
• Helicopter Demo
• Helicopter Operations and Scene Safety
• Helicopter Presentation⁄Display, Oregon Air National Guard
• Horse and Mule Packing
• Hug-a-Tree
• Information Management for SAR- The New Zealand Perspective (Lessons Learned, Future directions, Software and Systems)
• "Ins and Outs" of Trail Wheels and Equipment Safety
• Intermediate Survival Skills- Fairchild AFB Survival School
• Intro to a Full Face Mask and Communications, and an Underwater Propulsion Vehicle
• K-9 Helicopter Hot Loading
• K-9s and Trackers: Strategy and Tactics for the SAR Incident Commander
• Leadership in Swiftwater Rescue
• Lost and Found: Analyses of Lost Person Behavior
• Managing Wilderness and Backcountry Evacuations
• Maptech Mapping Software for SAR
• Methamphetamine Lab Recognition and Awareness
• Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Basics- Calgary SAR
• Mountain Rescue Raising and Lowering Systems, Using a Guiding Line
• Mountain Rescue Use of the AZTEK Kit and Arizona Vortex Systems
• Myth, Misunderstanding, and Misconception About Survival
• National Incident Management System
• Nature's Compass
• Oceanid RDT⁄K-9 Water Search Tactics
• Outdoor Crime Scenes
• Pack Essentials Needed for Outdoor Survival
• PADI Rescue Diver Course
• Pole-Top Rescue Demonstration
• Police Bloodhounds in SAR
• Practical GPS for SAR
• Practical GPS Navigation Using UTM, 7½' Topo Maps, and Mapping Software
• Project Lifesaver: An Overview
• Quebec Provincial Police K-9 Program
• Road Searching
• Roles And Responsibilities of a SAR Association - Maximizing Benefit For All
• Roughland Evacuation
• SAR and the Media
• SAR Law: Managing Volunteers to Avoid Legal Trouble
• SARVAC Meeting
• SAR Volunteer/Law Enforcement Partnerships - What Each Side Needs from the Arrangement
• Scent Behavior for Search Dog Handlers and SAR Managers
• Search Dog Decontamination and Hazardous Materials
• Search Techniques for Outdoor Leaders
• Search Theory for Searchers
• Selected Intermediate GPS for SAR Team Leaders
• Shelter Building and Environmental Considerations- Fairchild AFB Survival School
• Software for Training the Initial Response Incident Commander
• The State of the Service– SAR in New Zealand
• Survival Psychology
• Sweep Width Detection Experiments: Final Report
• Swiftwater Safety for Search and Rescue Professionals
• Target Orientation, Human Vision, and POD
• Team Building for SAR Units
• UK Missing Person Study: Update
• Understanding Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias for SAR Personnel
• Urban Missing Person Search, an Overview
• Victim Psychology
• The Warburton Search
• Wilderness Area Canine Search: Training Pearls and Pitfalls
• Winter Rescue Equipment Display
• W/SAR Conference 2006
• WSSARCA Meeting

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Pre-Conference Class List

The following Pre-Conference classes were offered during the SAR '05 Conference:

• An Introduction to ‘Incident Commander V4’ – Advanced technology for the Incident Management Team
• Child Stranger Abduction Homicide
• Helispot Operations in SAR
• Horse and Mule Packing- Interactive Trail Ride
• K-9: All Breed Man-Trailing (Intermediate to Advanced dogs only)
• K-9⁄Swiftwater: SAR Moving Water Safety (Conveyance Methods for Crossings and Searching with SAR Dogs)
• K-9: Intermediate Canine Water Search
• K-9: Tracker⁄Canine CSI
• Managing the Urban Missing Person Search
• Maptech TNP Workshop for SAR Team Leaders and Managers
• ORV (Motorcycle and ATV) Trail Ride
• Rope Rescue I⁄II
• Search Management for the Initial Response Incident Commander
• Search Team Leader Workshop
• Swiftwater Rescue Technician III
• Tracking: Basic⁄Apprentice Tracker Training Levels for SAR and Law Enforcement First Responders
• Wilderness First-Aid