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Following completion of the basic course, members underwent a wide variety of internal and external training of an advanced or specialist nature. Some of the courses conducted by the AFP include:
Improvised Disaster Rescue Course (2 weeks)
Heavy and light truck and 4 x 4 wheel driving
Swift water boat handling
Abseiling/Rappelling (helicopter)
Snow rescue/skidoo handling
Chainsaw operators course
Some of those conducted by the Australian Emergency Management Institute, Mt Macedon, Victoria, include:
Counter Disaster Planning
Response Management
Recovery Management
Civil Defence
Disaster Victim Identification
One member also attended the National Police Search and Rescue Coordination Course which is held annually and is of three weeks duration. The course is hosted by a different force each year and allows for a national co-ordination of search and rescue duties.
Members of the Police Response Group, which replaced the Search and Rescue Squad upon the ACT Fire Brigade assuming responsibility for road, domestic and industrial rescue, continue to undertake the abovementioned training.
(7) AFP National Training Division determined the curriculum design and
objectives of all AFP internal rescue related training from Search and
Rescue Squad Standard Operating Procedures. These procedures are based
on standards detailed in The Australian Emergency Manual - Land Search
Operations. The ACT Police Response Group is an accredited rescue unit
in New South Wales under that States legislative requirements.
(8) No. However, all members were required to undergo a full medical
examination.
(9) All members, part-time and full-time, volunteered to join the Police Search
and Rescue Squad.
(10) Prior to the transfer of road, domestic and industrial rescue duties to the ACT Fire Brigade, the Police Search and Rescue Squad had thirteen fulltime members, consisting of two sergeants and eleven constables, and thirty part-time members.
(11) A leased 7 tonne Hino vehicle has been returned to the Department of Administrative Services. The remainder of the equipment is still required for the Police Response Groups current functions.
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