What is our Training?
Training consists of learning a wide variety of skills that will be used and adapted in the variety of situations that volunteers may find themselves. Many of the courses undertaken result in a nationally accredited award. Some of the skill areas include:
- General Rescue
- Storm Damage
- Communications
- First Aid
- Chainsaw Operation
- Cliff Rescue
- Map and Navigation
- Land Search
- Air Observer
- Four Wheel Driving
Knots
One of the basic requirements is to be able to tie knots quickly and correctly and to be able to use the correct knot for each situation. Below is a list of some of the knots used.
- Thumb knot [Slideshow]
- Figure of 8 [Slideshow]
- Figure of 8 follow through [Slideshow]
- Alpine butterfly [Slideshow] (another method [Slideshow])
- Double sheet bend [Slideshow]
- Double fisherman's
- Bowline [Slideshow]
- Round turn & two half hitches [Slideshow]
- Clove hitch [Slideshow]
- Timber hitch
- Sheep shank [Slideshow]
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Training Galleries
17-Sep-2011 [Slideshow] Training: This was the bush bashing part of a Map & Nav course. (For the politically correct, that's the Navigate Urban and Rural Environments course.)
18-May-2011 [Slideshow] Training: Consisted of a series of exercises, mostly in the dark, with the objective of building team skills (and a bit of fun as well).
27-Apr-2011 [Slideshow] Training: Exercise Hills HAZMAT 2011 was a multi-agency training exercise which revolved around a traffic accident between a truck carrying dangerous goods and several other vehicles. Agencies involved included FESA, St John Ambulance, Police, Department of Environment and Conservation, City of Armadale, WA Chemistry Centre, Department of Mines and Petroleum and The Salvation Army. Armadale SES provided the casualties and bystanders, with some realistic injuries prepared by a moulage team. The wet weather provided another touch of realism.
02-Sep-2009 [Slideshow] Training: Doing a controlled roll of a motor vehicle using tirfors and using an Enerpac to remove the doors from a vehicle.
03-Sep-2008 [Slideshow] Training: Single Rope Techniques (abseiling) at a very nice tower belonging to one of the local schools. The platform we used is 29m above the ground.
21-May-2008 [Slideshow] Scenario: setup a Tyrolean traverse over a body of water. Training: General rescue, anchor systems, building a tripod.
13-Feb-2008 [Slideshow] Scenario: there had been an earthquake and a number of properties had been damaged and persons were reported missing. Training: General rescue, building search and casualty handling.
