Membership
Requirements Required Skills
EMR provides support to the Lane County Sheriff (and sometimes sheriffs
in neighboring counties) for Search and Rescue missions. We
require mountaineering skills in rock, glacier, snow and steep terrain. Candidates
are expected to have basic skills in one or more of the following
areas. Candidates are also expected to improve their skills
in all these areas:
- Rock: Capable of climbing at least Class 5.6, and capable
of leading at least low class 5 rock. Lead experience must
include placing protection in non-bolted areas.
- Snow/glacier: Able to self-arrest, use crampons and ice
ax properly, and be familiar with roped glacier travel.
- General backcountry: Familiar with use of map and compass,
and owns proper clothing and equipment for travel and survival in
inclement weather in all seasons.
- Fitness: Capable of carrying loads in backcountry
situations, and adequate fitness level to participate in strenuous
activity, sometimes for long periods of time.
- First Aid: Maintain current First Aid and CPR certification.
Types of Members - as established by the OMRC:
- Trainee: A mountaineer who can assist in technical
SAR operations while working under the supervision of Rescue and/or
Support level personnel.
- Support: An experienced mountaineer who can assist
on any type of mission and will generally work under the direction
of Rescue level personnel.
- Rescue: A rescue level member is a mountaineer experienced
at climbing in all seasons and who is currently an active climber.
- Associate: An individual who is competent, responsible
and interested in contributing his or her skills to SAR work. An
Associate member does not necessarily possess mountaineering skills,
but has or is willing to develop skill in some aspect of SAR operations,
such as radio communication, tracking, incident command or search
organization.
Training Commitments
Members at all skill levels are expected to participate in
training exercises to maintain their proficiency at SAR procedures. We
have trainings once a month covering suspension systems, winter survival
skills, avalanche/snow SAR, search techniques, tracking, glacier travel
and crevasse rescue, map and compass practice and the use of radios. We
also have monthly meetings on the last Wednesday of each month (except
in the summer) where we have refreshers on first aid, tying common rescue
knots, rescuer safety, avalanche awareness, incident command system,
and general equipment upkeep. |
