FWD Newsletter, 9-2020
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News and Views of the Far West Division, NSP; www.farwest.org, September, 2020 Volume Twelve, Issue 2 L a n c e looks to patrollers to lead the public in Mark your calendars: Vaughan, FWD safety protocols and safe skiing. As Jump to p. 12 to mark your Director patrollers we want to patrol, health NSP calendars for a host of A Patroller organizations will close patrol areas if NSP clinics and events! walks into a the public is not compliant, help lead tavern and asks others toward compliance/solutions Continually check out the FWD for a Corona and and maintain recreation access. web site, farwest.org, two Hurricanes... Membership – Please communicate for updated calendar dates. Heading into ski season 20-21 with your patrol rep and work with your presents us with many familiar yet patrol rep if personal safety is an issue What’s Inside... changed tasks. We all must adapt how this season. Each of you are valuable Alumni program is focus, p. 14, 15 we prepare for this ski season, from members of the service team at your American River Bike Safety Patrol training, recertifications, teaching resort please preserve the investment in is new to FWD, p. 8, 9 classes, our attire, and our personal your NSP membership. Your patrol rep Award nominations tips, p. 19 safety items. Let's take a quick review can work with region & division Awards, So Cal Region, p. 10 of key topics for this ski season. leadership to find a solution. Calendar of Events in the FWD, p. Safety -- Each of us are responsible for OEC 6 – Your fall refresher is based on 12 our safety from playing golf, riding a O E C 6 y o u w i l l s e e s o m e Community College program b i k e , w o r k i n g o n a t a n o r changes/updates in your refresher. On updates, 17 skiing/patrolling. Please evaluate your March 8, 2020 anticipating issues with Community service options, p. 12 personal conditions vs. risks of illness face to face meetings the Division Election notification for FWD, p. 2 with the current virus and decide based leadership voted to require all Far West Events in the Far West, p. 12 on “real” data and science. Our most Division members to complete the FWD Officers, Staff; p. 20 valuable resources are our time and hybrid / on-line OEC refresher. FWD Recognition Program health. As patrollers we agree to help Completing the on-line refresh rewards patrols, individuals, p. 19 others and ensure the safe care of those, material will complete the OEC refresh Heavenly Patrol, p. 3 we render aid and assist. I also offer, requirements for this current 2020 Instructor development, p. 6 we agree to respect the safe care and OEC cycle A without a face to face Mountain Travel & Rescue, p. 4 health of each other as patrollers. We session. However, your service area OEC program updates, p. 16 all have memories of patrollers may request additional training, please OET, “Transportation Nation”, no contaminating another patroller pack safely comply with resort requirements submission, Daryl is silent...! or gear while working a wreck, not to maintain your training levels and Officers, Advisors of FWD, p. 20 respecting each other's health, consider credentials per your specific area. Patrols of the FWD, p. 18 not wearing a mask is no different. We Training -- Division supervisors area Sea Otter Bike Classic, p. 13 must always respect the safety of creating on-line modules to fulfill the Tri-Advisory coming soon, p. 11 ourselves and our fellow patrollers. Instructor Continuing Education (ICE) Whitefish Mountain, Montana Compliance -- The National requirements for all instructors needing celebrates NSP alumni, p. 15 organization and your Division worked renewal. Some disciplines may require Women's Program, p. 6 together to draft guidelines for field work. Candidate training can Web site, Facebook page is compliance. NSP members shall proceed, please minimize face to face growing for the Far West Division, follow all state, county, local, laws and sessions via remote delivery methods p. 12 mandates and resort/service area and consult the Division training policies. Patrollers set examples on the guidelines mentioned by Sue Dennison slopes for slope safety, the ski industry in the OEC report. Senior training Lots more; see inside! Please see Director, cont’d p. 3 Addresses up-to-date? Is your mailing address and e- Far West Division address current with the National office? Remember, the FWD gets its Election Notification mailing lists and email lists directly from the National office in Denver. If you change your US mail or email D2021 - 2023 FAR WEST DIVISION — ELECTION NOTIFICATION address, to to your Member Profile to change, and, notify your own patrol. ELECTION—Nominations are now open for Division Director and Assistant Don't miss out on exciting future Division Director issues of FWD ‘News and Views’ and Two-year term June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2023. (May serve no more than 3 other NSP publications! consecutive 2-year terms) FWD News and Views Division Director position: presently held by Lance Vaughan. Served (17- 19) (19-21) . May serve for a third term News of the Far West Division, NSP Division Director, Lance Vaughan Assistant Division Director position: presently held by Richard Wilson. Asst. Dir., Nancy Stormswold (15-17) (17-19) (19-21). Terms out May 31, 2021 Asst. Dir., Richard Wilson Arizona Dir., Andrew Youngblood Eastern Sierra Dir., Brian Haena Please note the following dates. Mother Lode Dir., Amy Lindblom December 7, 2020 — Nominations are DUE for Division Director and Northern Cal., Dave Brown Assistant Division Director Positions. Nominations or announcements must be Professional Rep, Open position accompanied by a one-page resume of the candidate's membership in NSP that Southern California, Richard Roth demonstrates the candidate's eligibility for office and a one-page statement of Secretary, Janice Waits the candidate's platform. All nominations, other than self-nominations, must be Treasurer, Keith Dickens Legal Advisor, Josh Masur accompanied by written acceptance of the nomination signed by the nominee. Registrar, Ri Chan January 4, 2021— Division Director and Assistant Div. Director candidates Alumni Advisor, Dr. Jim Margolis list finalized by Elections Committee. Awards Advisor, Bill Gibson January 18, 2021—List of candidates for Division Director and Assistant Div. Avalanche Supervisor, Keith Church Director, their resumes and platforms to be posted to the FWD web site. Certified Advisor, Dave Rhodes February 1, 2021—Date of Election, ballots will be distributed to electorate Community College Advisor, Steve Thorsted (via email). Conferences Advisor, Sonja Kively March 1, 2021— Date all ballots to be received/postmarked by for Instructor Devel. Super., Loretta O’Brien Division Director and Assistant Div. Director positions. Mountain Travel, Rescue Supervisor, March 22, 2021—Results announced (sooner if all eligible ballots are returned Karl Chulski or no other candidates see FWD Bylaws 5.4.2.1a) Nordic Supervisor, Wayne Wong Communications/Newsletter, Tim Viall PLEASE FORWARD ALL NOMINATIONS, PLATFORMS AND/OR Communications/Web, Rye Livingston ANNOUNCEMENTS TO: Outdoor Emergency Care Supervisor, Sue Dennison Email to: [email protected] Outdoor Emergency Transportation Janice Waits, Election Chairperson Supervisor, Daryl Whitcher 1202 Rembrandt Drive Recruitment/NorCal, vacant Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Recruitment/SoCal, Scott Goodman SAR Liaison, NorCal, vacant SAR Liaison, SoCal, Kamran Padar Woman’s Program, Trudy Nye The FWD News and Views is published three times yearly, in September, December and February. Deadline is the end of the month prior to publication. Features, photos; send to Tim Viall, fwd- [email protected], or mail to 5854 Turtle Valley Drive, Stockton, CA 95207. FWD News and Views, September, 2020 Check the new FWD web site: www.farwest.org Page 2 Heavenly Area Patrol faces pandemic challenge Every mountain served by a volunteer ski patrol will ride on a snowmobile in tandem with a driver, and face many challenges this season due to the Coronavirus maximum occupancy requirements for patrol shacks. pandemic. The Heavenly Area Patrol of Heavenly Resort is Furthermore, Heavenly's volunteer patrol has a number of no exception. patrollers who live out-of-state, creating travel and For the first time since Heavenly opened in 1955, there associated quarantine concerns. will be a season without NSP All Far West Division volunteer patrollers serving on members should know that the t h e m o u n t a i n . D u e t o Heavenly Area Patrol is strong Coronavirus-related operational and consists of highly uncertainties and new procedures dedicated, long-time patrollers being implemented, Heavenly eager to return to our beloved Mountain Resort's management mountain. Our members will has decided to place the volunteer have their OEC and CPR patrol on "hold" for the upcoming certifications up to date this season. season, should there be an The patrol will return for the adjusted need at Heavenly. 2021-22 ski season, assuming the The Heavenly Area Patrol operational restrictions are thanks those other NSP patrols sufficiently reduced or eliminated in the Tahoe basin who are at that time. In addition to active seeking permission for HAP Heavenly patrollers, a new class members to patrol at their of rookie volunteer patrollers mountains. The current hold have had to put their training on patrolling is uniquely season on hold for a year. related to the pandemic. As we The type of operational sit out this season, we take constraints faced by the resort pride in being an integral part cover the entire spectrum of what of Heavenly patrolling for the patrollers do during the course of past 65 years and look forward the day.