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Installing ActiveAlert application on Android phone
Instructions for installing ActiveAlert application on Android Phone. – Open the Google Play Store – Push the search on-screen button (it...
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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Installing ActiveAlert application on iPhone
Instructions for installing ActiveAlert application on iPhone. – Open the App Store – Press Search (bottom of screen) – In the search box...
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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RESPONDING TO ACTIVEALERT ALERTS
USJSAR uses a smart phone app named ActiveAlert to notify members of pages. Instructions for installing and customizing the app are...
Mar 5, 20222 min read
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COLD WEATHER PREPARATION
As you guys may have noticed, the weather is getting colder and our last few missions have been on the chilly side. Now is a good time to...
Mar 5, 20223 min read
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NAVIGATION EXERCISE IN GATE 5 AREA
I’ve put together a Navigation Exercise in the Gate 5 area. It uses the Avenza Maps smart phone app to help you locate the checkpoints....
Mar 3, 20223 min read
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How to change the coordinate system Avenza uses from UTM’s to Lat/Long Degrees.decimalInstructions
Instructions: Note that we’re currently displaying coordinates in UTM format. Tap on the coordinates on the bottom of the screen....
Mar 3, 20221 min read
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ROPE TRAINING VIDEO’S
View the following videos to learm more about MainLine Setup: https://youtu.be/ImGN9-LqhiM Belay Setup: https://youtu.be/dXSBOXorAIY...
Feb 27, 20221 min read
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COMMON LOCATION NAMES / TRAILHEADS
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iRPsJw9Hu6J6PJOHlSzdnpJDrmKUOXrtL2Ehcteg5iE/edit?usp=sharing It’s a work in progress that I would...
Jan 5, 20221 min read
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MAP COORDINATE SYSTEMS
There are many Map Coordinate Systems in use, but for SAR you are likely to only encounter two: Latitude/Longitude in DD.th format UTM’s...
Nov 3, 20212 min read
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PHYSICS FOR ROPING TECHNICIANS
From the forward: “This text has been developed to assist roping technicians in gaining an understanding of the fundamental principles of...
Dec 27, 20201 min read
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RADIO CHANNEL UPDATES
On Dec 16th 2020 many of the SAR radio’s were reprogrammed, which has changed the location of the channels we use. First a bit of...
Dec 24, 20202 min read
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