GREAT LAKES SAR CONFERENCE 8 Feb 2010

IMPORTANT: Many of the courses listed will provide continue education credits to EMS, firefighters, and law enforcement. Those courses are indicated with CEU. Those courses have been endorsed by the Ohio EMA for credit. Many of the courses will complete the requirements for FEMA ESF#9.

COURSESDESCRIPTIONS AND INSTRUCTORS BIOS

1. SARTECH II(ESF#9) – Limited to the first 15 registrations that sign up for this session.

There is NO classroom training for this subject. You must come ready to take the written examination and the required field examination. This is a real bargain for those wishing to achieve the SARTECH II level certifications. There are no additional charges for the instructors. You must come prepared to pay the NASAR fees of $55.00 per course for members of NASAR and $70.00 per course for non-members.

NOTE: DO NOT include the above fees in with the Conference Registration. The NASAR fees must be paid directly to the instructors.

InstructorCraig Spieker has been involved in organized SAR work since 2005. He is certified by the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) as an ISAR and FunSAR Instructor, SARTECH II Lead Evaluator, and SARTECH I/Crew Leader. Additionally, he has been trained in NASAR’s Advanced Search and Rescue, High Angle Rescue Operations, HAZMAT Operations, CERT, multiple FEMA courses, Ohio Peace Officer Certification, Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy(OPOTA) Tactical Driving Instructor and OPOTA Pursuit Termination Techniques Instructor, Police Radar Instructor, 1A Firefighter certified, EMT-Basic, Wilderness First-Aid, Health Care Provider CPR, Master Rescue/Recovery Diver, Water Rescue, Confined Space Rescue, Structural Collapse Rescue, Ice Rescue as well as many various other courses. Craig has worked and/or trained with US Military and Foreign Special Forces personnel, U.S. Deputy Marshals, FBI Agents, CIA Agents, US Postal Investigations as well as multiple Police and Sheriff’s departments, local, State and abroad. He has been active in SAR training with, trained and/or certified persons from over 12 different states.

Craig is currently employed as a full time as a Police Officer with the Findlay, Ohio Police Department. He serves in the Patrol Division as a Traffic Accident Reconstructionist, Field Training Officer, Emergency

Medical Dispatch Instructor, Driving Instructor and Crisis Intervention Officer with over 19 years of Law Enforcement experience. He is also a Master Rescue/Recovery Diver with the Hancock Count Sheriff’s Office, a volunteer Firefighter/EMT with the Allen Township Fire Department and a part-time EMT with Hanco EMS, in Hancock County, Ohio. He is also a Captain with the Ohio Special Response Team, serving as the Commander for Unit #2, out of Marion, Ohio.

Instructor Jerry Whaleyhas been involved in organized SAR work since 2005. He is certified by the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) as a SARTECH I / Crew Leader and ISAR and FUNSAR Instructor, and SARTECH II Lead Evaluator. Jerry also holds certification in Wilderness First-Aid and CPR/AED Professional. Jerry is a Lieutenant with the Ohio Special Response Team.

Additional training includes NASAR’s Advanced Search and Rescue, Man Tracking, HAZMAT Operations, Swift Water Awareness, Confined Space, CERT, Multiple FEMA courses, Unusual and Advanced Unusual Investigation training, Sex Crime Investigations, crime scene investigations and preservation, extensive child abuse and neglect training. Jerry has worked and/or trained with US Military Special Forces personnel, U.S. Deputy Marshals, the FBI, CSI’s, and multiple police and sheriff’s departments. Jerry has been active in SAR training and/or certification with persons from more than 17 states.

Jerry is an avid backpacker, leader of multiple expeditions, and introduces new hikers to the trail each year. He is a competitive bicyclist, triathlete, and a 4x IRONMAN competitor.

2. Short Term Survival(CEU .3)(ESF#9)

The focus of this 1/2 day workshop will be to focus on the 4 main elements of Survival: Shelter - Fire - Water - Food and how to systematically obtain them with little or no equipment in a wilderness situation. The shelter section will center on the various heat transfer mechanisms and how to use these to your advantage. The Fire section will cover the most effective fire lays, how to make fire without matches and how to make a fire by rubbing 2 sticks together. The Water presentation will cover various natural means to obtain water, natural means to purify water and then go on the modern filters and purifiers detailing which ones are effective in various situations and how to choose one to meet your needs. The Food section will consist on an overview of trail food with extended storage lives as well ans wild edibles that can be used as food or a medicine dependent on the need.

Instructor: Tom Laskowski is considered one of the leading experts in outdoor and wilderness skills. In 1990, Tom became interested in Native American ways and trained with Tom Brown Jr., internationally renowned author, tracker, and wilderness survival instructor. Tom then augmented this training with advanced instruction from a number of other leaders in the primitive skills field like Errette Callahan, Daniel Firehawk, Del Hall, Robert Berg, and Ray Reitze (Master Maine Guide). His training with Tom Brown Jr. provided insights into the Apache ways of survival while Master Maine Guide Reitze augmented those skills with those of the Mic-Mac tribes of northern Maine. Field experience, testing and learning the learned skills, followed each class.

A majority of Tom’s experience comes from the practical application of going out into the wilderness in every season, throughout the year, and putting his skills to the test by applying them, refining them, and testing them again. He believes theory is a good foundation but the practical applications are the true test of survival knowledge.

Tom has made several guest appearances on Cleveland radio (WRUW , WGAR etc) and is a regular guest on the FOX 8 (television) show "That's Life" discussing outdoor and wilderness skills and survival. He was also consulted on the CBS Television Series “Survivor”. Tom has been a "specialty skills instructor at southern Ohio’s World Survival Institute and is an invited guest assistant with Tom Brown’s “Native Scout Awareness” classes, the “Full Survival Wilderness Experience” and Native American Scout Training Class.

3. Treat Hypothermia – Heat and Cold Injuries–(CEU .2)

This information will be important not only to the emergency responder but the care of victims.We will cover the following:

*Effects of heat and cold on the body

*Treatment of conditions caused by heat and cold.

*Basic Equipment needed.

*Transport Option

Instructor: Wesley Greenis an Ohio Certified Firefighter-Paramedic

Offering 15 years of Fire and Emergency Medical experience.

Highly qualified Paramedic with 13 years of pre-hospital medical experience in a 2000 call per year fire department.

Experience in all aspects of an Emergency Medical Technician’s scope of practice.

Pre-hospital: Both fire based and private ambulance.

Intra-hospital: Medflight Mobile Intensive Care Unit/Fixed Wing Paramedic.

In-hospital: Emergency Department Paramedic.

Occupational: Automotive Plant Emergency Response Team and Steel Mill Health Unit.

Developed Fire Department Emergency Medical Protocols.

Develop Fire Department Standard Operating Procedures.

Current Training Officer for 50 member combination fire department.

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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced Cardiac Life SupportAdvanced Medical Life Support

Advanced HazMat Life SupportBasic Life Support Instructor

Hazardous Materials TechnicianAdvanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

International Association of Firefighters Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters

MadisonTownship Professional Firefighters Local 3417 (President)

4. Treating Crushing Injuries–(CEU .2)

These are very difficult injuries in field conditions. This session will shed some light on treating the injury and transporting the victim. We will cover the following:

* Emergency care for Closed Soft-tissue injuries

* How to dress and bandage wounds.

*How to immobilize a long bone.

*Basic Equipment Needed.

*Transport Options

Instructor – same as paragraph 3.

5. In the Field Determining Differences Human/ Animal–(CEU .3)

The participants in this session will have a better equipped to determine the nature of skeletal remains found in the field. This session will provide the means to determine whether or not the bones belong to a human.

Instructor:Dr. Jules Angel is an award-winning photographer, archaeologist and a former forensic photographer for Scotland Yard in London, England. In her ten years of forensic work she became an expert in specialist lighting techniques for fingerprint and shoe print photography, as well as mastering the visual narrative for scenes of crime photography. Her normal duties included many murder cases, a number of mass incidents, as well as anti-terrorist work. She also coordinates the Forensic Anthropology Case Team (FACT) based at OSU, which offers specialist body recovery services to Police depts. around Ohio. Currently a PhD candidate at OSU in archaeology, with a concentration on pre-historic Woodland earthworks in Central Ohio, she also teaches forensic archaeology to a variety of audiences - from summer camps at ColumbusSchool for Girls to academy training at the Columbus Police Dept.

6. Emergency Responder Sign Language–(CEU .3)

There are several million in the populations that have hearing impairment. The emergency responder it’s important to learn to communicate with these individuals. Hearing loss and communication techniques is often a misunderstood topic by those who may not have had the opportunity to communicate/interact with a Deaf or Hard of Hearing person. As a first responder, understanding a person whom you may not be able to fluently and directly communicate with can create an even more difficult situation. Ms Lynn Feldman, Coordinator for the Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at The Rehab Center in Mansfield, will provide information on:

  • What is means to be Deaf or Hard of Hearing
  • Modes of communication used by Deaf and Hard of Hearing persons; what works, what doesn’t work and why.
  • Difficulties that a person with hearing loss face during an emergency or crisis situation.

Basic essential and emergency related signs in American Sign Language.

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Instructor:Lynn Feldman has been working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing persons for 22 years. She is a 1986 graduate of ColumbusStateCommunity College and currently holds an Associate of Applied Science degree in Interpreting/Transliterating. As a student at ColumbusState, she also completed related course work in social work. Ms Feldman began her career as an educational interpreter for the MansfieldCommunity Center for the Deaf (CCD). In 2001, Ms Feldman became a full time staff interpreter/case manager with the Mansfield CCD. In 2005 she became the coordinator for Mansfield CCD and continues to perform those duties to date.

7. Hazardous Devices – (CEU.3 / ESF#9)

In the field you come up on suspicious looking objects – can you recognize a dangerous object?

The “why” of bomb threats and bombing.

Handling initial call - check list. Chain of command/ contact tree –evacuate. Address plus and minus.

Search, who does it and why. Command post and the media.

Search techniques(grid and spiral, 3 levels). Search tools Communications. Fire safety forces.

What devices look like. Emphasize not to touch Secondary devices Written operating procedures

Staff training Bomb threat check lists Debreifing. Practical exercise

Instructor: Capt. Mike Kyle joined the Ashland County Sheriff's Office in 1974 as a special deputy after serving four years in the US Navy, and was hired full-time in 1976. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1978. In 1993, he was promoted to Lieutenant/Assistant Jail Administrator. In June of 1999, he was promoted to rank of Captain and assumed the duties of Jail Administrator. Capt. Kyle has worked many other areas including: Crime Scene Management, Evidence Collection, Property Room, Public Speaking Bureau, Bomb Squad, Counter-sniper, Firearms Instructor, and Grantsman. He started the first community crime watch, children's safe haven program, Identi-child program and other community related programs in AshlandCounty. His current duties include overseeing operation of the jail and 40 corrections and support staff, Team Leader for the Bomb Unit and Senior Firearms training officer and is program director for the WEB-CHECK and Ohio CCW programs. He lives in AshlandCounty with his wife, Cherie and their two dogs.

8. Meth Lab –(CEU.3 / ESF#9)

If you venture to remote areas its important to understand the hazardous involved if you come up on a meth lab. Learn about the dangers and hazardous in discovering a meth lab.The training will touch on all aspects of the methamphetamine problem in Ohio. We discuss what meth is and how it effects the user. We discuss what chemicals are used to manufacture meth and the hazards that are associated with those chemicals, how to recognize a meth lab and the components that make up a meth lab, and most importantly, what to do if you discover a meth lab.

Instructor: Scott Duff is originally from Dayton, Ohio and is a 1986 graduate of The Ohio State University and holds a BA in Criminology. From 1986-1993, Scott was a Special Agent with Ohio Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and in 1993, became a Special Agent with the Attorney General’s Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation. Scott was assigned to the Narcotics Division working undercover narcotics investigations throughout Southeast Ohio. In 1998, Duff was assigned to the Columbus, Ohio DEA Task Force as a task force agent, working complex conspiracy investigations. Also in 1998, Scott attended the DEA’s Basic Clandestine Laboratory Certification training in Quantico, VA. In 2002, Duff returned to BCI on a full time basis concentrating on clandestine drug lab investigations and clandestine drug lab training. Duff is certified as a hazardous waste technician and as a site safety officer, both certifications issued by the DEA Office of Clan Lab Training, Quantico, VA. In January 2004, BCI created the Clandestine Laboratory/Marijuana Eradication Unit, naming Scott as the Special Agent Supervisor in charge of that unit. Scott has extensive training in the area of clandestine drug labs, marijuana identification/cultivation and assisted in the development of BCI’s Clandestine Lab Safety and Awareness program. Duff is also a certified peace officer and holds a deputy sheriff’s commission with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.

9. Basic Learning Theory – The Science on How Dogs Learn – (CEU .3)

Many of the biggest obstacles in the human-canine relationship are grounded in misconceptions. In this session the instructor suggests that in order to be effective trainers, the participants most first understand how dogs learn. The presentation will focus on the science behind learning and how it applies to hands-on dog training.

Instructor: Larry Barkerstarted training dogs in 1966 as a Sentry dog handler in the U.S. Air Force. He server tours in Montana, Viet Nam and the Philippines.After separation from the military in 1969, he continued training dogs for AKC obedience trials. In 1970 he became a 4H leader for the dog projectclub. I was a Leader for 20 years offering guidance and problem solving methods to improve the members and their K-9 performance. He started doing K-9 SAR and Schutzhund training in 1992. My GSD female Tara earned her Schutzhund 3.He is an instructor and certification official for Law Enforcement Training Specialist (L.E.T.S.). He is also a member of the LETS Board of Regents. For the past two years he has been president of Tri-State K-9 SAR which has teams and independent handlers living in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.

10. Night Sky Navigation / Observatory

This well is a great opportunity to learn about the stars in the night sky and how they can be utilized in land navigation. In addition, a large observatory on site will be open in the evening for viewing the night sky. Night Sky Navigation - Everybody knows that moss grows on the north side of a tree... Just in case you ever get lost and hungry enough to eat it. But what happens if you find yourself "in the dark" and not quite sure of what way to go? Using Polaris is fine - if you can find it! Here's a simple and fun look at how the night sky appears to move and some tips on how to find your way around.

In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream... Or Can They? - Outer space might seem like a quiet place - but is it? Here's a real look at "the things the go bump in the night" and how the electromagnetic spectrum coming from space can affect cell phones, global positioning systems, radio broadcasts and more...

Instructor: Tammy Plotner is a professional astronomy writer who currently has nine published books. She's President of Warren Rupp Observatory the Executive Secretary for the Astronomical League NASA Space Place editor. Tammy is a member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Richland Astronomical Society and a supporter of Astronomy for Youth. She has received a vast number of astronomy achievement and observing awards, including the Great Lakes Astronomy Achievement Award, R.G. Wright Service Award and was the first woman astronomer to achieve Comet Hunter's Gold Status. In addition to contributing articles to Universe Today, she also works for several internet astronomy sites and Springer Press. Tammy volunteers her time giving astronomy outreach programs and deeply enjoys the time spent with the many schools, libraries, scouts, churches and groups she meets.