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Group 5 |
Emergency Services Staff |
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Group 5 - FLWG |
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Assist. Emergency Services Officer |
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Assist. Emergency Services Officer |
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GROUP 5 NEWS & INFORMATION |
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Group 5 SAREX scheduled for Jan 15-17, 2010 in Punta Gorda,FL
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| Group 5 has scheduled a training SAREX for mid-January at KPGD in Punta Gorda. The training activity will focus on aircrew and mission base staff positions, although some ground team activity is possible. Openings are available for all command staff, section chiefs, and branch directors positions, along with the support staff and aircrews necessary to complete four sorties. Members interested in participating should contact Group 5 ESO, 1Lt. Bob Little (239) 560 0369 as soon as possible. |
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This year's funded-training budget was slashed to only 20% of the amount of funding available last year. This left a minimal amount to be divided among the squadrons, so the decision was made to use available funds for group training activity opened to members from all of Group 5 units.
Organizing the training this way will also help to meet the recent mandate for FLWG Groups to become "operational" by helping to identify operation areas that need to be filled or strengthened. This training event will need sufficient staff for a complete mission base. |
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Personnel interested in participating should make certain all ES requirements are in order prior to the attending the event. Your squadron ESO should be able to advise you, if not, contact Group ES staff.
SAREXs are a great way to receive the mission experience necessary for final approval of achievements and renewals. In some cases Advanced Task training may be available, you should check with the project officer to verify the training you are looking for is available. ES personnel should keep in mind that renewals now require that each task is signed-off and a new date and SET ID is entered into OPS Qual. |
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In order to be deployed by government emergency management, CAP personnel must meet specific criteria which has been established to ensure that resources from various sources all comply to a given standard. CAP training and procedures are constantly being tuned to meet these national response requirements.
Training and re-training must be a regular part of CAP unit activity. All members, regardless of prior experience, must be cognizant of the importance to maintain a proper attitude concerning the need to continually update skills. This 'good attitude' along with lessons learned from prior experience can be shared as part of the mentoring process. |
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As long as funding remains limited, members will need to rely more and more on Group level activities. Joint exercises are an ideal way to strengthen the working relationship among members from different squadrons. In this way, Group hosted events are more like a real incident where personnel are likely to be assigned duty with team members from units across the wing. This is the silver lining of the budget crunch. It is forcing us to employ training techniques which are superior to the familiar process of training in our own backyard. This mild inconvenience brings much greater value to the member. |
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Thank you for your support of the CAP emergency services mission!
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