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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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....

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...

COMMON LOCATION NAMES / TRAILHEADS

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iRPsJw9Hu6J6PJOHlSzdnpJDrmKUOXrtL2Ehcteg5iE/edit?usp=sharing It’s a work in progress that I would...

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...

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...

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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...

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