Cost
A training fee of $40.00 is charged at the time of registration. This is used to pay for manuals, UMS ruler, BSA registration, insurance and miscellaneous expenses for operating the training program. This fee is subject to change.

A $38 compass is also required, available from our store at our cost.

Goal
The goal of the training staff is to teach new members the skills needed to become a Brushmonkey. The course is physically demanding and requires a considerable commitment of time and energy. If you are willing to make this commitment, you will pass the course.

Because putting on a quality training program requires time, energy and preparation by a group of people, the responsibilities for each course fall to a course director. Each director uses a staff of adult and youth leaders with experience on search and rescue missions to conduct each course. Team Leaders in training are required to participate in each training course and lead student teams. They are learning new skills at the same time new members are learning basic skills. The training program provides an opportunity to learn, gain experience, and develop leadership skills and advance within the organization. Keeping with the guiding principles, training is increasingly challenging with each year and with each additional opportunity.

The training program is constantly changing and improving. After each course an evaluation form will be provided and sincere feedback is important to continue to improve the course and provide a quality experience.

A 1 1/2 hour, classroom meeting where ESAR objectives, organization and procedures to become a member are reviewed. The discussion centers on requirements, expectations, training content, costs, equipment requirements and schedule of activities. Check the calendar for orientation dates and times.

Course 1 will be at Fronteir park on the 3rd and 4th of November and the 8th and 9th of December.

Classroom in town, 2 days, 8 hours each day, 0730 to 1700, Bring sack lunch

Goal
To introduce new members to the operation, purpose, rules and expectations to become members of ESAR. To provide an opportunity to complete basic state requirements of first aid and awareness knowledge related to wilderness navigation and equipment.

Objective
Students will:

1. Understand the organizational structure of ESAR and its chain of command.
2. Complete required BSA and DEM documents and forms.
3. Understand the minimum requirements to become an Emergency Service Worker.
4. Be able to explain the types of clothing and equipment required for SAR field operations.
5. Complete 6 hours of basic first aid training.
6. Know the parts of and how to operate a compass.
7. Know how to read a map and identify basic map symbols.
8. Understand the basic concepts of the Incident Command System and know where they report to within the organization chart on a mission.
9. Know the three types of search patterns and when they are used.

Course 1 Schedule

Time	Saturday	Sunday
0700	Registration	Arrival
0730		Map and Compass
0900	E.S.A.R. Components  Sign in sheets  Insurance  School Release (Smitty Bill)  History of E.S.A.R  Organization of E.S.A.R.    Chain of Command    Callout process    Personal Communication Equipment    Pagers    Nextels    Text Capable Cell Phones  Training Program    Course 1 - Introduction to E.S.A.R.    Course 2 - Basic E.S.A.R. field training    Course 3 - Wilderness Navigation    Course 4 - Mock Search  E.S.A.R. Do's & Don'ts
0930		Break
0945		Map and Compass
1030	Break
1045	Equipment Overview
1200	Lunch	Lunch
1300	Equipment - Stations	Map and Compass- Field Training
1400	Medical Training
1500		Search Tactics-Search Types
1600		Communications and Equipment FRS, GMRS, High Band, Low Band, GPS.
1630	Personal Hygiene in the field	Questions, Sign up for Course 2
1700	Cleanup	Cleanup

If you have any questions give me a call.

Curt Read 253-227-6995

Goal
To introduce the student to camping skills and allow them to practice with and use their equipment in a controlled environment. To learn and practice basic SAR skills and learn teamwork to accomplish assigned tasks.

Objective
Students will:

1. Camp two nights using their own equipment.
2. Build tarp shelters and stay in them at night.
3. Cook a total of 4 meals using their camp stoves and equipment.
4. Work as a team under a team leader's direction to accomplish all assigned tasks.
5. With an accuracy of + or - of 2 degrees, demonstrate an ability to take and follow a field bearing using a compass.
6. Demonstrate how to measure distance using pacing.
7. Tie an external lashing for a stokes style litter.
8. Perform a type II and a Type III search and document the resulting Probability of Detection (POD).
9. Be able to tie the following knots:
   • Bowline
   • Tautline hitch
   • Clove hitch
   • Square knot
   • Two half hitches
   • Timber hitch

Course 2 Field Stations

Wagon wheel
Purpose is to provide practice using compass and taking bearings in the field with an accuracy of +/- 2 degrees, team leaders manage and run station

Pacing, Map and compass
Purpose is to expose students to the concept of pacing to measure distances and teach map reading

Knots
Purpose is to expose students to the knots and hitches that will be used in lashing litters and in building shelters

Type 2 Grid
Purpose is to teach and provide practical experience working a type 2 open grid.

Type 3 Grid
Purpose is to teach and provide practical experience working a close grid for evidence.

First-aid
Purpose is to perform field first aid, patient assessment and primary survey.

Compass legs and bivouac
Purpose is to teach teamwork and cooperation, using map and compass to navigate cross-country

Course 2 Schedule

Friday

• Arrive 1900 hours, pack inspection, travel to training by convoy, team assignment, set up camp.

Saturday

• Up at 0600, breakfast and break camp by 0700
• 0700 to 0800 - First Station
• 0715 to 0815 - Second station
• 0830 to 0930 - Third Station
• 0945 to 1045 - Fourth station
• 1100 to 1200 - Fifth station
• 1200 to 1300 - Lunch
• 1300 to 1400 - Sixth station
• 1415 hours    - Compass legs begin

Sunday

• 0700 to 0800 - Break camp, breakfast
• 0800 to 1000 - Finish compass legs
• 1030 to 1130 - Station 1: First aid/ Patient assessment
• 1130 to 1230 - Lunch
• 1230 to 1330 - Station 2: Litter packaging
• 1330 to 1430 - Station 3: Shelter building
• 1430 to 1530 - Final: Litter transport, cross-country

Goal
Purpose is for students to demonstrate their ability to use a map and compass to navigate cross-country while working as a small team without direct supervision and to build confidence and gain experience.

Objectives
Students will:

1. Present themselves appropriately attired and equipped with 48-hour pack.
2. Find a minimum of 9 checkpoints over a two-day period.
3. Spend 2 nights out in the field.
4. Travel a minimum of 9 miles.
5. Have pack in possession at all times.
6. Remain together and work as a team at all times. (Team work requires members to remain together and support one another at all times)

Course 3 Schedule

Friday

• Rendezvous at 1900 hours, pack inspection, travel to training site
• Team assignments, begin navigation course, set up camp

• Continue navigation course

• Finish course by 1400 hours, return to rendezvous

Goal
Teach search techniques, subject find and packaging during night operations. Complete a skill check to ensure that students have learned basic SAR skills.

Objective
Students will:

1. Work in three person teams and perform type II search.
2. Work in up to 8 person teams and perform type III search.
3. Package and transport a subject.
4. Care for a subject overnight.
5. Demonstrate their ability to perform the following skills:
   • Knots
   • Compass
   • Map skills
   • Litter packing
   • Shelter building
   • Stove operation / Water treatment
   • First aid, primary survey, short report

Course 4 Schedule

Friday night / Saturday night

• Arrive 2000 hours - Pack inspection
• 2100 to 2200 - Station 1 - Hasty search, Navigation and lighting
• 2230 to 2330 - Station 2 - Patient find and litter packing
• 0000 to 0100 - Station 3 - Night litter evacuation and carry
• 0130 to 0600 - Station 4 - Bivouac, care of team leader patient, full gear

Saturday / Sunday

• 0700 to 1000 - Skills check stations
• 1000 to 1200 - Helicopter basic skills

Goal
Put all the skills learned in previous courses together and experience a simulated mission under realistic conditions.

Objectives
Students will:

1. Work with a Team Leader In training as a search team member.
2. Carry out all tasks assigned.
3. Have all required equipment.

Course 5 Schedule

Mock search, callout sometime Friday night. Normal Rendezvous procedure, team assignment and mission. Bivouac Friday and Saturday night.

Two days, 1 night Field training.

Goal
Teach snow camping and survival skills.

Objectives
Students will:

1. Attend 2-hour pre course lecture on snow specific topics.
2. Build a snow shelter and sleep in it.
3. Present themselves properly attired and equipped.
4. Demonstrate an ability to navigate, travel and route find in a snow environment.
5. Know and be able to identify hazards associated with backcountry snow travel.

Classroom session 16 hours

Goal
Teach basic leadership skills and expose students to the Incident Command System and SAR management.

Objectives
Students will:

1. Know the ICS functional divisions and roles and responsibilities of each.
2. Know where ESAR fits into an ICS structure.
3. Know the ESAR chain of command.
4. Know the role and responsibility of an ESAR TL.
5. Be able to list and describe a Type I, II, III and IV Search.
6. Know the concepts of POD and POA for search planning.
7. Know what information is essential for searching and planning data.
8. Know the difference between rescue and recovery.
9. Know the importance of briefing and debriefing and documentation.
10. Understand the elements of mobilization, base operation and demobilization.
11. Be exposed to concepts of team management and interpersonal relationships.
12. Understand the concepts of search strategy to include:
    • Hasty Search
    • Likely spots
    • Last Known Position Vs. Last Point Seen
    • Clue awareness
    • Applying SAR resources
    • Confinement
    • Attraction
    • Lost person behavior
    • Passive Vs. Active Search tactics

A good team leader can be relied upon to carry out his/her assignment, to supervise a team, to make meaningful interpretations from observations made in the field and make independent decisions. The operations leader job would be impossible without reliable team leaders. For that reason, a great deal of importance is attached to the selection and training of team leaders. The training consists of instruction in ESAR procedures, TL responsibility, radio communications, navigation and leadership. Successful completion of the training is based on demonstrated leadership ability.

Team Leader requirements
To become a Team Leader in training members must be:

1. At least 16 years of age
2. Submit a letter to the Training Director indicating your desire to become a TL
3. Basic and Intermediate helicopter certification
4. Have documented experience on search operations in the previous year

To become a certified TL, Team leaders in training, must complete the following training requirements:

1. Advanced Brushmonkey training
2. Staff at least one of each of the five basic training courses
3. Teach at least one 15 minute segment of basic training in courses 1,2 or 4

They must also demonstrate proficiency as well as knowledge in the following areas:

1. Command post operations and set up
2. Wilderness navigation
3. Communications
4. Search tactics and techniques
5. Patient packaging and evacuation
6. First aid, patient care and management of scene

Upon completion of TL training, team leaders in training must pass a certification board of review.

TL's in training are expected to serve as staff on each of the training courses at least once and to demonstrate their knowledge of the skills and proficiency by teaching and demonstrating the listed skills during these programs to new members in training.

Leadership qualities and traits
Leaders should lead by example. A good leader has experience, knowledge and a willingness and ability to make decisions. Leaders must be physically strong, reliable, honest, and dependable. Their skill level must be above average and they must be willing to take responsibility, make decisions and take action without close supervision. Being a leader is a great responsibility and the ESAR program is designed to develop young leaders. While in the training program and while developing leadership skills mistakes will be made. The philosophy of the unit is that mistakes are to be expected. We learn from our mistakes and from the mistakes of others. All actions are critiqued in order to learn and improve.