Canterbury Avalanche Response Exercise
Meeting time at Hornby Police station
6.30am
We are needing to be aMt Cheesman lower lodge at 9am for briefing.
The Canterbury Avalanche Response Exercise will be held on Saturday near Mt Cheeseman Ski Area. All participants are to arrive at Texas Flat by 0900hrs to sign in. There will be an exercise briefing and helicopter safety briefing before the exercise commences. The exercise will follow the avalanche response plan as realistically as possible, including an activation message to the whole group. Please ensure that there is someone from your organisation who is able to reply to this message with the following information; Your organisations name/location, a contact number, a realistic time available: the number of responders available, the ASCs name and/or team leaders name, and other responders names. Also identify anyone that has advanced medical training.
There will be more details regarding the exercise sent to you shortly. To assist with catering please send one reply from you organisation with the number of people attending the exercise.
We have approx 5 hours of flight time sponsored by NZSAR
DONT EXPECT HELICOPTER PICKUP OR DROPOFF IN CASE WX DOES NOT PERMIT
Files to read over:
Approx location : Mt Cheesman range
Team Gear:
5x RAB alpine tents 2 man
2x Nemo Dagger 3 man tents
2x Bothy bag
Snow anchors /stakes
Heli tac bag and stretcher plus face shield
1x Inreach sat tracker
6x radios at this stage with mics
Rope equipment for raise and lower of 100m pitches
Avalanche Marking- flags
Spray paint- Heli LZ etc
Wind indicator- wand, smoke bombs and marker spray can
First aid, including hypothermia treatment/ Body bags and glad wrap
Maps of the area printed in A4 in waterproof paper
Personal Gear:
Personal 24hr ACR pack check sheet on your dashboard to print and check off
ACR crew attending must be able to:
DONT EXPECT HELICOPTER PICKUP OR DROPOFF IN CASE WX DOES NOT PERMIT