WINTER SAFETY

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WINTER SAFETY

• CW3 Kurt E. Williams

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Terminal Learning Objective

• As a Unit Safety Officer participating in cold
  weather classes, gain knowledge on how to
  recognize general winter conditions, and how to
  react in a winter safety/survival situation

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GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

• TEMPERATURE
• CLOTHING
• LOCATION

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WINTER CONDITIONS

• ARCTIC / SUBARCTIC
• WET
• DRY
• WINDCHILL

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• Cold is a far greater threat to survival than it
  appears. It decreases your ability to think and
  weakens your will to do anything except to get
  warm. Cold makes it very easy to forget your
  ultimate goal

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• TO SURVIVE

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COLD WEATHER SURVIVALBASIC PRINCIPLES

• WATER
• FOOD
• SHELTER
• CLOTHING
• WILL TO SURVIVE
• TRAINING

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COLD WEATHER SURVIVAL

• Keep clothing clean
• Avoid overheating
• Wear clothes loose and in layers
• Keep clothing dry

• C -
• O -
• L -
• D -

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COLD WEATHER SURVIVALHYGIENE

• WASHING
• FEET
• UNDERWEAR
• LICE
• (SHAVING)

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COLD WEATHER SURVIVALBASIC PRINCIPLES

• MEDICAL ASPECTS
• TEMPERATURE
• SHIVERING

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WINTER SURVIVALWATER

• FRESH WATER LAKES
• STREAMS
• PONDS
• RIVERS
• SPRINGS

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WINTER SURVIVALWATER (cont.)

• MELT ICE AND SNOW
• METHODS
• ALWAYS PURIFY

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WINTER SURVIVALFOOD

• FISH
• ANIMAL
• FOWL
• PLANTS

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WINTER SURVIVALSHELTER

• NOT METAL
• ICE OR SNOW
• TREE

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WINTER SURVIVALFIRE

• PREPARE FOOD
• GET WARM
• MELT SNOW/ICE
• PSYCOLOGICAL BOOST
• SMOKE DETECTION
• CARBON MONOXIDE

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WINTER SURVIVALFUELS FOR FIRE

• FUEL OR OIL FROM VEHICLES
• DRIED GRASS/MOSS
• PLASTIC
• CAUTION

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WINTER SURVIVALSUMMARY

• WET/DRY
• WINDCHILL
• C O L D
• HYGIENE
• TEMPERATURE
• WILL TO SURVIVE

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WINTER SURVIVAL

• QUESTIONS?