USAR

[track400m]

Hey people just wondering in south Aus who runs the USAR course and what level are your responders trained in and where are they trained because i just finished my USAR and was wondering if my organisation is as trained as south australia and how is the service going back there i used to be a member of SACFS but felt i needed to get more qaulifications in another service cheers

[bajdas]

USAR in South Australia is a trained group of people from many organisations. Some volunteers, some paid staff.

The courses (I believe) are to the national Public Safety standards.

USAR equipment is stored in a few places and some members were deployed to Christchurch NZ for the earthquake recently.

Contact info can be found at (note two entries for SA) http://www.ema.gov.au/www/emaweb/emaweb.nsf/Page/FundingandGrants_Projects_UrbanSearchandRescue(USAR)Contacts

[bajdas]

Some info on the USAR training standards
http://www.ema.gov.au/www/emaweb/emaweb.nsf/Page/FundingandGrants_Projects_UrbanSearchandRescue(USAR)Training?open&query=usar

[track400m]

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