Joint International Practical Training for Rescuers (Regular and Volunteers) in Poland

This educational and training session in Poland will ensure the improvement of state and non-governmental rescue staff qualifications in the area of search on the terrain and development of the ability to participate effectively in joint responses to incurred risks. Duration: 5-days /4 nights, number of participants: 18 Ukrainian, 4 Polish, 4 Slovakian, 4 Czech Republic rescuers and volunteers Venue: Poland (mountain areas in Podkarpackie /Malopolskie voivodeships). The training agenda: LandSAR 1) practical search-rescue operations on the terrain with usage and application of special search and rescue equipment: GPS satellite navigation systems, Galileo system; specialized software for exploration work; 2) psychology in search (strategies of missing persons according to KELLEY classification, use of search patterns for lost according to R. Coester, method of "bicycle wheel"); methods of specified areas for search; human management - briefing and summing up; location of the search base, etc; 3) ways and methods of single network, communications; usage of modern innovative information technologies (rescue application "Ratunek", GIS systems, etc).