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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