Monthly Online Training Program
The MRA Education Committee is proud to announce “Third Thursdays,” a new online MRA Rescuer Education Program.
In this new world where online rescue team trainings are commonplace, your MRA Education Committee has developed a new program to supplement your team’s training regimen with monthly interactive MRA online trainings that would be delivered using zoom.
These trainings will draw upon the expertise within and outside our MRA family, and bring our vast experience to a national platform for our MRA teams. We will hold them live on the evening of the third Thursday of each month, but also record them for later viewing on our MRA web site.
Thursday January 20, 2021
“Significant Mission Debrief”
Thursday February 17, 2021
“Snow Anchors: Best Practices and Worst Practices“
Snow anchors are the tool of choice when more robust anchors such as trees and large rocks are not available. Snow, however, can be a very fickle material to work with, so care must be taken. This presentation will describe the current best practices for constructing snow anchors, as well as some common practices that should be avoided.
Hosted by Art Fortini
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Thursday March 17 , 2022
“Coming Soon“
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We encourage MRA “Subject Matter Experts” to contact MRA Education Director Charley Shimanski (charley.shimanski@gmail.com) with any possible training offerings. Presentations will be limited to 45 minutes, with 10 minutes of question and answer to follow. Topics that would be of interest include:
- Search Theory (including analysis of a recent search)
- Case Studies
- Incidents, Accidents, and Near Misses
- Advances in Wilderness and SAR Medicine in Austere Environments
- Helicopter Crew Resource Management
As always, your MRA Education Committee is looking forward to any feedback you might have. Please forward your thoughts to MRA Education Director, Charley Shimanski, at charley.shimanski@gmail.com.
The MRA Education Committee is also looking for interested MRA members to join the Committee and lead the further development of this “Third Thursdays” program. Please contact Charley Shimanski if you wish to join the Education Committee and assist on this important new initiative.
Thanks,
Michael St. John
MRA At-Large Board Member