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Upcoming NSS Webinar on the NCRC featuring Anmar Mirza

This is a reminder that the next NSS Webinar for an introduction to cave rescue and the National Cave Rescue Commission (NCRC) will be presented by Anmar Mirza on Wednesday, May 22 at 8 pm CDT. If you have not signed up, please register now. There is limited space and it is first come first served.

Register for this webinar at: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/556395391

This is the 11th NSS Webinar with NCRC instructor and National Coordinator Anmar Mirza, titled ?An Introduction to the National Cave Rescue Commission.

After its inception in 1979, the NSS's National Cave Rescue Commission (NCRC) quickly developed into the foremost authority for cave rescue techniques and training. In this webinar, you will learn about the NCRC, and it?s value to you as a caver.

• Find out why the number of major cave rescues has decreased.
• Learn how cavers conduct ?self rescues? and take care of problems themselves, so full blown rescues aren?t required.
Discover how NCRC trained cavers can reduce the impact on caves when a cave rescue is necessary.

Every person involved with the NCRC is a volunteer, and NCRC courses attract a wide spectrum of students, including cavers and members of first responder units in cave-rich regions.

The NCRC conducts several courses, including an annual workshop that offers eight days of the best training knowledge, and experience available for cave rescue techniques and equipment.

The NCRC was chartered by the NSS as a training and resource coordination body and as such has become the premier cave rescue training organization in the world.

Anmar Mirza is the national coordinator for the NCRC. He spent ten years as the Central Region NCRC coordinator and has been an NCRC instructor since 1995. He is the editor and contributing author of the second edition of the Manual of US Cave Rescue Techniques.

ITRS 2012  Seattle, WA  Nov 1 thru Nov 5 
Come join us on November 1st - 4th in Seattle, WA for the ITRS event! The yearly symposium is the leading forum for up to date, state-of-the-art, technical rescue information. Rescuers representing mountain, cave, fire, industrial, and swiftwater gather to discuss ways to improve safety and performance, and answer questions.  ITRS Brochure

Upcoming Training:

Orientation to Cave Rescue
Deschutes County SAR Building
Bend, Oregon
June 15-16, 2013
email: pacificnorthwest (at ) ncrc.info

NCRC 2013 National Cave Rescue Operations and Management Seminar
Schoharie Central High School
Schoharie, New York
July 6-13, 2013

 

Rocky Mountain Region 
Orientation to Cave Rescue
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Bend, Texas 
April 13-14, 2013

Resources for Above Ground Search and Rescue

	National Association  for  Search & Rescue		Mountain  Rescue  Association
Search and Rescue Standards and Training, Canine SAR, Swiftwater, ICS		Standards and Training for Alpine Rescue, including  Helicopter Operations and Avalanche Rescue

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