Current Safety ProtocolsMOJN I & M

Michael Brewer, MOJN I&M

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Communication◦ Safety Plan◦ Internal◦ External with Parks

Training◦ First Aid◦ CPR◦ Wilderness First Aid◦ 4WD Training◦ Communications Devices

Philosophy – Safety First

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Internal◦ Briefings Before Field

Check Lists of Required Equipment First Aid Kit Communications Equipment WATER (1.5-2.0 gal/person a day) Personal Gear

10+ Essentials Weather Specific Gear (Rain Gear, Hat,

Sunscreen…) Discuss Potential Risks

General Park Specific

Communication

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Internal◦ Briefings Before Field

Check Lists of Required Equipment First Aid Kit Communications Equipment WATER Personal Gear

10+ Essentials Weather Specific Gear (Rain Gear, Hat, Sunscreen…)

Discuss Potential Risks General Risks

Exposure, Insects, Snakes, Hiking… Park and/or Location Specific Risks

Elevation, Mountain Lions, People (drugs, domestic violence, …

Communication

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◦ IN the Field Briefings IN the Field

beginning of each day in camp site end of day assessment of each person (trail fatigue)

AT location – What are the communication options? Cell Phone Radio SPOT Locator

leaving, at site, returned ISAT Phone

call out call in

Communication

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◦ Debriefings After Field – can always improve after each trip after each field season

with crew with parks

Communication

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◦ External Contact before field season starts

phone calls to park and dispatch Meeting with crews and park personal

when we arrive/before we enter the field LE liaison ???

During the time the crews are working at a park phone calls emails backcountry travel plan-park POC, LE, dispatch emails phone calls

Communication

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Frontcountry and Backcountry Trips

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Frontcountry and Backcountry Trips

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Frontcountry and Backcountry Trips

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Filed with Park POC, LE, and Area Dispatch

Frontcountry and Backcountry Trips

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NOTHING can replace the sound judgment of a well trained individual in the field.

Train our crews well and teach our crews stay within the limits of their training.

When in doubt… DON’T

Training

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Training

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Training◦ First Aid◦ CPR◦ Wilderness First Aid◦ Operational Leadership – ALL MOJN staff have

attended the OL course◦ 4WD Training◦ Communications Devices◦ Map and Compass◦ GPS

Training

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Training◦ First Aid◦ CPR◦ Wilderness First Aid

Training

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Training◦ 4WD Training

Training

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Training◦ Communications Devices

Training

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Training◦ Map and Compass◦ GPS

Training Never Stops

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Being in the Field with Crews◦ reinforcing the training◦ advancing the training they already have

Training Never Stops

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