Squadron 902

Civil Air Patrol
Willow Grove JRB
Squadron 902

Emergency Services
Operations

This site will serve as a resource page for our active emergency services ground team members as well as those who are in training.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Squadron’s Search and Rescue Officer at CAP902SAR@yahoo.com

*Safety*
	*Ground Team Safety Procedures*
*Weather*
	*Intellicast*
	*National Weather Service*

General Emergency Services Training
NOTE: Any certification that is indicated with a () is a prerequisite certification for Ground Team Membership* and must be completed prior to advancing to the other levels of *CAP Specialty Qualifications*. Once you have completed any certification, please print a copy and submit it to the Squadron’s Personnel Officer.
For reviewing your CAP 101 Card qualifications and/or printing the card, please refer to the CAP National Headquarters web site for more details.
	Emergency Services Certification: *How to get a CAP 101 Card*
	*CAP Emergency Services National Curriculum*
	**() CAP Regulation 60-3 (needed for GES exam.)***
	**() CAP 116 Parts 1 & 2 (on line exam)***
	**() CAP 117 Parts 1 & 2 (on line exam)***
	**() FEMA IS-100 (on line exam)***
	**() FEMA IS-200 (on line exam)***

	*Skills Evaluator Training (on line exam)*
	*CAP Member Test Records (on line)*
	Medical Certifications: Standard First Aid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
	Optional Medical Certifications (currently not required): *Pennsylvania* *First Responder* *Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)* *Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic (EMT-P)* *Health Care Professional* National Registry: National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians - Paramedic (NREMT-P)

Specialty Qualification Training Records(SQTRs)
The online exams listed below will serve as an educational tool only. Currently the regulations required a practical exam and active participation in at least two (2) mission sorties in which the trainee successfully performs the required task(s) as noted on the Check-off Sheet. This will require a signature from a qualified member who witnesses the satisfactorily performance. Once completed, submit the sheet to the Squadron Commander or designate to finalize the approval process. Depending on the qualification, additional approval maybe required by a PAWG designate.
	*Urban Direction Finding Team*
		*COSPAS-SARSAT – (a system overview by NOAA)*
		*Urban Direction Finding Team (on line exam)*
		*Urban Direction Finding Team (practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Ground Team Member*
		*Ground & Urban DF Team Task Guides*
		*Ground & Urban DF Team Reference Text*
		*GTM 3 (Basic practical sign-off sheet)*
		*GTM 2 (practical sign-off sheet)*
		*GTM 1 (Advanced practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Ground Team Leader*
		*Ground Team Leader (practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Incident Command*
		*Incident Commander - Level 1* *(practical sign-off sheet)*
		*Incident Commander - Level 2* *(practical sign-off sheet)*
		*Incident Commander - Level 3* *(practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Mission Base Operations*
		*Mission Base Staff Tasks*
		*Mission Base Staff Training Materials*
	*Operations Section Chief*
		*Operations Section Chief* *(practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Planning Section Chief*
		*Planning Section Chief* *(practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Logistics Section Chief*
		*Logistics Section Chief* *(practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Information Officer*
		*Information Officer* *(practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Finance/Admin Section Chief*
		*Finance/Admin Section Chief* *(practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Mission Liaison*
		*Mission Liaison* *(on line exam)*
		Mission Liaison Officer (practical sign-off sheet)
		Mission Liaison Level 1
		Mission Liaison Level 2
		Mission Liaison Level 3
	*Mission Safety Officer*
		Mission Safety Officer (on line exam)
		Mission Safety Officer (practical sign-off sheet)
	*Mission Scanner*
		Mission Scanner (on line exam)
		Mission Scanner (practical sign-off sheet)
	*Mission Observer*
		*Mission Observer* *(on line exam)*
		*Mission Observer* *(practical sign-off sheet)*
	*Mission Air Operations Branch Director*
		**Mission Air Operations Branch Director (on line exam)**
		**Mission Air Operations Branch Director (practical sign-off sheet)**
	*Staging Area Manager*
		*Staging Area Manager (Newly added position. Info pending)*
	*Mission Communications Unit Leader*
		**Mission Communications Unit Leader (on line exam)**
		**Mission Communications Unit Leader (practical sign-off sheet)**
	*Mission Radio Operator*
		**Mission Radio Operator (checklist)**
	*Communications (practical exams)*
		*Basic Communicator*
		*Advanced Communicator*
		*Request for Radio Operator Authorization*
	*Chaplain*
		Mission Chaplain

Mission Checklists (PDF format)

Mission Staff

Air Operations Branch Director (AOBD)
Air Support Group Supervisor (ASGS)
Communications Unit Leader (CUL)
Finance Admin Section Chief (FASC)
Flight Release Officer (FRO)
General Emergency Services (GES)
Ground Branch Director (GBD)
Ground Team Leader (GTL)
Ground Team Member (GTM)
ICS Agency Officer
Incident Commander (IC)
Information Officer (IO)
Liaison Officer (LO)
Logistics Section Chief (LSC)
Mission Chaplain (MC)
Mission Scanner or Observer (MS/MO)
Mission Pilot (MP)
Mission Radio Operator (MRO)
Operations Section Chief (OSC)
Planning Section Chief (PSC)
Safety Officer (MSO)
Weather Coordinator (WC)

Briefings

Debriefings

Debriefing: Air
Debriefing: Ground

Operations Forms

ICS Forms
CAP Forms
CAPF 108
PAWG Forms

ES Related Training Sites

Emergency Services Resources
Emergency Locator Transmitters
Directional Finding Equipment for ELT’S
L-Tronics

Knots

Air/Ground Coordination

Bloodborne Pathogens

Bloodborne Pathogens Review

Introduction to Canine SAR Operations

Continuing Education

Critical Incident Stress

Electronic Direction Finding

Emergency Services Legal Issues

Ground Team Equipment

Helicopter Operations

Hot and Cold Weather Injury

Interviewing Technique

Knots and Ropes

Land Survival

Land Navigation for Ground Team Leaders

Land Navigation for Ground Team Members

Night Navigation

Missing Person Characteristics

Natural Hazards

SAR is an Emergency

Site Security and Rescue Operations Theory

Search Management for Ground Team Leaders

Starting a Search Team

Team Activation

Technology in Emergency Services

Introduction to Man Tracking

Vehicle Inspection

Vehicle Mounted Search

ELT Search Simulator