Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue, Inc. Standard Operating Guidelines Revision 7, May 4th, 2015 Standard Operating Procedures TABLE OF CONTENTS REVISION HISTORY .......................................................................................................................................... 6 PREAMBLE .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 SECTION 1.0 ADMINISTRATION .............................................................................................................. 7 1.01 ORGANIZATION OF THE TEAM .................................................................................................................................. 7 1.02 COMMITTEES RESPONSIBILITIES .............................................................................................................................. 7 1.03 CHANGES TO THE STANDARD AND OPERATING GUIDELINES ............................................................................. 9 SECTION 2.0 RESPONSE PLANS ............................................................................................................. 10 2.01 SEARCH & RESCUE PLAN ........................................................................................................................................ 10 2.02 RESCUE INCIDENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 10 2.03 SEARCH INCIDENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 11 2.04 SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES INCIDENTS .................................................................................................................. 12 2.05 EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT, EPIRB AND PLB) NON-DISTRESS ALARMS ...................... 13 2.06 DELAYED RESPONSE PROCEDURE ........................................................................................................................ 13 2.07 INCIDENT COMPLETION .......................................................................................................................................... 14 SECTION 3.0 RESPONSE PRE-PLANS ................................................................................................... 15 3.01 SEARCH INCIDENT PRE-PLAN ................................................................................................................................ 15 3.02 CLIFF RESCUE PRE-PLAN ....................................................................................................................................... 16 3.03 SWIFTWATER RESCUE PRE-PLAN ......................................................................................................................... 18 3.04 OHV EMERGENCY OPERATION PRE-PLAN ......................................................................................................... 20 3.05 OHV RECOVERY OPERATION PRE-PLAN ............................................................................................................ 25 3.06 ELECTRONIC DISTRESS SIGNAL SEARCH PRE-PLAN ......................................................................................... 27 3.07 GUIDELINES FOR SUSPENDING AN OPERATION ................................................................................................... 30 3.08 INCIDENT CRITIQUE ................................................................................................................................................. 31 SECTION 4.0 GENERAL INCIDENT PROCEDURES ............................................................................ 32 4.01 INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................... 32 4.02 FIELD TEAM BRIEFING AND DEBRIEFING ............................................................................................................ 32 4.03 RESCUE AND EVACUATION ..................................................................................................................................... 32 4.04 BODY RECOVERIES ................................................................................................................................................... 33 4.05 PROPERTY PROTECTION ......................................................................................................................................... 34 4.06 DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................... 34 4.07 INCIDENT DEBRIEFING ............................................................................................................................................ 34 4.08 OUT OF COUNTY RESPONSES ................................................................................................................................. 34 4.09 PATROL PROCEDURES ............................................................................................................................................. 35 4.10 AUXILIARY PERSONNEL .......................................................................................................................................... 35 4.11 CONTAINMENT TEAMS ............................................................................................................................................ 36 4.12 SEARCH RESPONSE PRIORITY ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................. 36 4.13 OPERATION CALL CODES ........................................................................................................................................ 37 4.14 SHERIFF’S AERO SQUADRON .................................................................................................................................. 38 SECTION 5.0 COMMUNICATIONS .......................................................................................................... 39 5.01 FIELD TEAM STATUS CODES .................................................................................................................................. 39 5.02 MRA CODES FOR PATIENT STATUS ...................................................................................................................... 39 SECTION 6.0 EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................................................... 40 6.01 EQUIPMENT OPERATION – REFER TO APPENDIX B ........................................................................................... 40 2 STANDARD OPERATING GUIDELINES Standard Operating Guidelines 6.02 ISSUED EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................................................................. 40 SECTION 7.0 MEDICAL ............................................................................................................................. 41 7.01 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MEDICAL PROTOCOLS ............................................................................................. 41 7.02 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY WILDERNESS MEDICAL PROTOCOLS .................................................................... 41 7.03 MEDICAL TRANSPORT PROCEDURES .................................................................................................................... 42 7.04 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PACKS ................................................................................................................................ 42 7.05 MEDICAL CERTIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 43 SECTION 8.0 ROPE RESCUE .................................................................................................................... 44 8.01 ROPE STANDARDS .................................................................................................................................................... 44 8.02 ROPE AND WEBBING CLASSIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................... 44 8.03 ROPE RECUE KITS .................................................................................................................................................... 45 8.04 STANDARDIZED VOICE COMMANDS ...................................................................................................................... 45 8.05 TEAM APPROVED KNOTS ........................................................................................................................................ 46 8.06 ANCHORS ................................................................................................................................................................... 46 8.07 STANDARD ROPE SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................................... 46 8.08 ROPE RESCUE SAFETY RULES ................................................................................................................................ 47 8.09 ROPE CARE ................................................................................................................................................................ 48 SECTION 9.0 NAVIGATION