| January | |||||||||
| Date | Friday, 25th / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 12.0 | ||||||
| Training | Technical Rescue | Location | TBD | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn personnel, Volunteer personnel | Instructors | Kemmerling, Semic | ||||||
| Notes | Medium-angle over the side scree slope rescue exercises | ||||||||
| February | |||||||||
| Date | Friday, 22nd / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 12.0 | ||||||
| Training | Snowmobile Operations | Location | Big Meadows | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn Personnel Only | Instructors | TCSO STAFF | ||||||
| Notes | CLOSED TRAINING. On trail snowmobile operations. Recertification. | ||||||||
| March | |||||||||
| Date | Thursday, 20th - Friday, 21st / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 24.0 | ||||||
| Training | Winter Operations | Location | Ponderosa, Holby Meadow | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn personnel, Volunteer personnel | Instructors | TCSO STAFF | ||||||
| Notes | TWO DAY TRAINING - Personnel will be grouped and instruction will be blocked. Winter Operations including: snowshoes, skis, basic avalanche search and rescue, snow science, winter survival, on-trail snowmobile operations. | ||||||||
| Date | March 1,2 and 8,9 and 15, 16 and 29, 30 | Training Hours | 80.0 | ||||||
| Training | SAR Academy (CLICK FOR MORE INFO) | Location | Personnel and Training and others TBA | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn Personnel by assignment and Volunteer Personnel | Instructors | TCSO STAFF | ||||||
| Notes | All Weekends in March except Easter Weekends. | ||||||||
| April | |||||||||
| Date | Tursday, 24th - Friday, 25th / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 24.0 | ||||||
| Training | Technical Rescue/Swiftwater Dive | Location | Kernville, Kern River | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn personnel, Volunteer personnel | Instructors | TCSO STAFF | ||||||
| Notes | TWO DAY TRAINING - Combined training with Technical Rescue and Swiftwater/Dive Teams. Focus on river rescue and recovery. Technical rescue including knots, anchors, patient packaging, mechanical advantage and highlines. Training will include actual mock rescue operations. | ||||||||
| May | |||||||||
| Date | Saturday, 17th - Sunday, 18th / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 24.0 | ||||||
| Training | "May Days" | Location | Peppermint Camp near Ponderosa | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn personnel, Volunteer personnel | Instructors | TCSO STAFF | ||||||
| Notes | Annual May Days exercises. All SAR teams and resources utilized in a multi-day, multi incident SAR exercise. technical rescue, ground search operations, mechanized, mounted, canine and air operations. ! Take note of the Location Change ! |
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| June | |||||||||
| Date | Thursday, 26th - Friday, 27th / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 24.0 | ||||||
| Training | Alpine Operations | Location | Mineral King, SEKI Natl. Park | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn personnel, Volunteer personnel | Instructors | Kemmerling, Semic | ||||||
| Notes | TWO DAY TRAINING - Alpine operations. Exposure to 12,000 foot elevations. Summer mountaineering, alpine cross-country navigation and travel. Class-4 summit climb of Sawtooth Peak - 12,325' | ||||||||
| July | |||||||||
| Date | NO SCHEDULED TRAINING | Training Hours | 0.0 | ||||||
| Training | Location | ||||||||
| Attendance | Instructors | ||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||
| August | |||||||||
| Date | Friday, 22nd / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 12.0 | ||||||
| Training | Orienteering | Location | Big Meadows / JLW | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn personnel, Volunteer personnel | Instructors | TCSO STAFF | ||||||
| Notes | Map & Compass / GPS exercises. Land navigation orienteering courses. | ||||||||
| September | |||||||||
| Date | Friday, 26th / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 12.0 | ||||||
| Training | Mechanized SAR Operations | Location | TBD | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn Personnel Only | Instructors | TCSO STAFF | ||||||
| Notes | Mechanized SAR Operations, mechanized orienteering courses, mock search operation. | ||||||||
| October | |||||||||
| Date | Friday, 24th / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 12.0 | ||||||
| Training | Personal Rope Skills | Location | TBD | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn personnel, Volunteer personnel | Instructors | TCSO STAFF | ||||||
| Notes | In conjunction with the BSA | ||||||||
| November | |||||||||
| Date | TBD | Training Hours | 8.0 | ||||||
| Training | Incident Command - ICS | Location | Personnel & Training | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn personnel, Volunteer personnel | Instructors | OES Staff | ||||||
| Notes | Required annual OES training. | ||||||||
| December | |||||||||
| Date | Friday, 14th / 0700-1900 Hours | Training Hours | 12.0 | ||||||
| Training | Mock SAR Operation | Location | Mountain Home State Forest | ||||||
| Attendance | Sworn personnel, Volunteer personnel | Instructors | TCSO STAFF | ||||||
| Notes | Mock SAR for missing/injured subject | ||||||||
| SAR Coordinator Meetings | |||||||||
| SAR Coordinator Meetings are held Quarterly. Attendance is restricted to assigned representatives of respective active Volunteer SAR Teams. | |||||||||
| Wednesday, March 26 - 1800 Hours | Headquarters Conf. Room - 2404 W. Burrel, Visalia | ||||||||
| Wednesday, June 25 - 1800 Hours | Porterville Substation - 379 N. Third St., Porterville | ||||||||
| Wednesday, September 24 - 1800 Hours | Headquarters Conf. Room - 2404 W. Burrel, Visalia | ||||||||
| Wednesday, November 26 - 1800 Hours | Porterville Substation - 379 N. Third St., Porterville | ||||||||
| Dates, locations and training assignments are subject to change. | |||||||||