Emergency Services

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Emergency Services
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Main Points

• Primary Emergency Services staff
• Supplemental Policies and Directives
• Organization
• Alert Method
• Training and Certification
• Crisis Incident Stress Management
• Homeland Security
• Emergency Services Impact on
• Aerospace Education
• Cadet Programs

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Primary Emergency Services Staff for Ohio Wing

• Vice Cmdr of Ops
• Director of ES
• Director of Ops
• Mission Ground Ops
• Safety Officer
• Director of Comm
• Counterdrug Coord
• DDR Coord

Lt Col Larry Sidle Lt Col Richard Neuwirth Maj
Henry Wearsch Lt Col Wayne Shanks Lt Col Ronald
E. Feister Lt Col James Pierce Lt Col Ted M.
Stults 1Lt Susan A.R. Runion
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Supplemental Policies and Directives

• Wing support of flight operations
• Supplements to regulations
• Must be approved at all command levels before
  published
• OHWG Supp to CAPR 60-1, Flight Operations
• contains training/accountability requirements,
  policies and procedures
• Squadrons could have had supplements for own
  airport areas
• Policies
• SAREX flights take precedence over Orientation
  flights

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Supplemental Policies and Directives

• Agreements and MOUs
• What CAP will do for agency
• Photo reconnaissance, damage assessment,
  communications, air transport, help in emergency
  operations center, etc.
• What agency will do for CAP
• Reimbursement for fuel and oil, room and food,
  etc.
• Comments
• All must be approved by Wing Legal and NHQ CAP
• Generally 3-year life span before
  reviewed/renewed
• Red Cross, Salvation Army, state of Ohio, USAF,
  etc.
• CAP ES training focuses on what these agencies
  want

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Organization

• Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC)
• Run by the Air Force to find missing aircraft
• Coordinates SAR for CONUS for USAF
• Tracks ELT
• usually relegated to Dept of Aviation, but in
  Ohio it is CAP
• Located at Langley AFB, VA

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Organization

• Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC)
• Contacts Wing Commander who assigns Incident
  Commander
• in Ohio Wing Commander prefers incident commander
  on alert roster be notified first
• Monitors mission progress at least every 3 hours

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Organization

• Air Force National Security Emergency
  Preparedness Office (AFNSEP)
• Run by Army to Respond to natural disasters
• when requested by local official in charge
• AFBSEO contacts Wing Commander who assigns
  Incident Commander
• in Ohio Wing Commander prefers incident commander
  on alert roster be notified first
• Monitors mission progress every three hours

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Alert Method

• How Wing Alerts for SAR or DR
• Wing alerts Group(s) in Emergency area
• OHWG Form 17, Unit Emergency Services Roster
• contains contact and asset information
• Group alerts Unit(s)
• Cell phone, Phone(s), Radio

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Alert Method

• How to Get on Alert Roster
• As an Incident Commander
• Qualify as Incident Commander
• Approved by Wing Commander to be on list
• AFRCC AFNSEP require update twice a year
• Contact IC, brief mission, assign mission number

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Alert Method

• How to Get on Alert Roster
• As an ES member
• Complete Level I (or Curry Achvt. if cadet)
• Qualify for General ES and Refresher Training
• Qualify for ES specialty
• task lists and mission experience
• NHQ CAP on-line tutorials and tests and AFIADL
  courses
• Approved by unit commander
• Entered in to MIMS and WMU

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Alert Method

• How to Get on Alert Roster
• OHWG CAPF 17 Unit Emergency Services Roster
• Information
• Unit Information
• Personnel
• Resources
• Updated quarterly
• Who gets it?
• Group and Wing Emergency Services Officer and
  those on Incident Commanders alert roster
• Unit Alert Roster

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Training and Certification

• Wing ES Schools
• Aircrew Flight Clinics
• once a year required, 4 recommended
• Contact Maj Henry Wearsch for more information
• certified by means of
• Classes and flight time, both given by wing
  certified flight crew instructors
• Certified flight crew instructors notify Wing
  Flight Operations Officer
• currency tracked by MIMS and WMU

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Training and Certification

• Wing ES Schools
• Ground Teams and ELT Search
• 2 to 3 a year
• Contact Lt Col Wayne Shanks for more information
• certified by means of task list completion
• currency tracked by MIMS and WMU

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Training and Certification

• Wing ES Schools
• Radio Operator
• once a year required, 4 recommended
• Ohio does one in North and one in South annually
• Contact Lt Col James Pierce for more information
• certified by means of
• Completing ROA course by wing-approved instructor
• Instructor recommends to Wing Dir of Comm
• Wing Dir of Comm issues CAPF 76, ROA card
• currency tracked by
• Record of instruction in members personnel
  record
• Card on the person of operator whenever using
  radios
• Computer version recorded in MIMS and WMU

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Training and Certification

• Squadron ES Schools
• CAPF 101 Card for Basic ES (CAPR 60-3)
• certified by means of 116T (Gen ES and IC parts)
  and 117T on line tests
• currency tracked by MIMS and WMU
• Aircrew, Ground, Radio (with Wing help)
• Must get wing permission first
• curriculum cover national requirements
• get qualified instructors--Wing expertise also
  available to provide teaching

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Critical Incident Stress

• Developed as part of the National Emergency
  Services Curriculum Project
• Reference is CAPR 60-5
• No task list associated with CIS
• Essential to Emergency Services

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Critical Incident Stress

• What is It?
• Critical Incident Reactions
• Happen after intense, unusual, or abnormal events
• Aircraft Accident Site
• Fatalities
• Not finding a missing person or aircraft
• May not appear right away
• Reactions are normal

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Critical Incident Stress
Reactions are classified as... PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL
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Critical Incident Stress
Possible Reaction Symptoms

• PHYSICAL
• Nausea
• Fatigue
• Headaches
• EMOTIONAL
• Denial
• Fear
• Depression

• COGNITIVE
• Nightmares
• Sleep Disturbance
• Memory Problems
• BEHAVIORAL
• Antisocial
• Withdrawal
• Restlessness

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Critical Incident Stress

• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
• Non specific expectations
• Confidential
• Discussion
• Review
• Resources Available
• Referrals

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Critical Incident Stress

• CISM Team Makeup
• Medically qualified personnel
• Fellow Team Members
• Chaplains
• Technical Experts

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Critical Incident Stress

• There are no specific Critical Incident Stress
  Tasks, but all members of the emergency services
  team should be conscious of the problems that
  could occur from being involved in stressful
  missions and seek help as necessary.

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Homeland Security

• A work in progress
• Wing awaiting USAF and NHQ CAP guidance
• the more CAP is ES-qualified, the more likely CAP
  will get funding and other resources
• 17 Jiplain sky vans
• Cessna 182s with satellite imaging
• Part of a bigger team
• CAP may be a local responder as part of an ICM
  team
• CD pilots may be most likely to be used
• extra fingerprinting and background checks done
• No cadets

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ESs Impact on...

• Aerospace Education
• aerial search and rescue
• satellite navigation and communication
• SARSAT to lead to lost aircraft
• GPS assistance in ground search
• Cadet Programs
• provides real life situations to learn vital
  team training skills
• instills a sense or public responsibility and
  service