Gear Check

Tonight we have a gear check, and we have a lot of gear. Oh Great fun.

More pics of Cliff Dale Comp

Here are some more pics of the Cliff Dale Rescue Comp. Also here is why the rescue comp is called the Cliff Dale.

The Cliff Dale competition has been held every year since its inception since 1976. Cliff Dale was a warden for Papanui area donated the trophy. He later became the Chief Warden for Christchurch City.

The competition consists of a series of rescue related exercises that each participating team completes. Judges mark the teams, scores are collated and various trophies awarded.

Aims
To assess, in a competitive environment, a teams training and competency standard
Undertake a formal debrief of the exercise and record learning points for future competition planning.


2006 CLIFF DALE TROPHY


TEAM LEADERS’ INSTRUCTIONS


1. A team consists of eight ‘active’ members including the team leader. Team members should all be regular members of the team. You can change team members as often as you wish, but only eight persons may be active in any exercise. The ‘non-active’ team members are to remain at a distance from the exercise site, and may not assist the team in any manner. ‘Non-active’ team members may not observe any other exercise. Some teams may contain additional members from other teams if numbers are less than eight. Teams with less than 8 may use non members.

2. You can change the team leader as often as you wish. There is a trophy for the Best Leader. This will therefore be awarded to the team with the highest points for leadership, and may not reflect the ‘Best Leader’ where leaders are changed during the course of the competition.

3. Exercises are forty-five minutes in duration. This includes a briefing from the umpire, travel between exercises, and packing up. Check with the exercise umpire for actual finish times. Most exercises will have only thirty-five (35) minutes active time allowed. No time extension will be allowed.

4. Only equipment allocated by the umpires can be used, apart from personal bumbag equipment (i.e. personal lines etc). No team radios are to be used during the exercises. Check with the umpire before exercise commencement if in any doubt.

5. Safety is paramount. The team leader is responsible for this at all times. Umpires have the discretion to abort an exercise in the case of serious safety breaches, or call a pause to allow for correction of less serious concerns.

6. An umpire’s decision is final. If any disputes arise, these must be put in writing and addressed to the Chief Umpire as soon as possible after an exercise is completed.

7. All team members must be properly equipped with hard hats, boots, overalls, personal gear etc.

8. Ensure the Team Leader is identified to the umpire before commencement of an exercise, and it is preferable that the leader is easily identifiable during the exercise.

9. Morning tea and Lunch will be provided. After the final exercise gear will be collected. Prize giving will commence as soon as the results have been tabulated and finalised.

10. All team members must be registered. Team Leaders are to fill out a registration form and hand it in the registrar before competition commences.


Enjoy the day, and remember it is a learning experience.

The week that was.

It is over at last. The week was hell at the start but better at the end because the boss was away. It is real funny when the boss is away. Everyone seem to get on better and things seemed to happen faster.

A s*%# week so far

You ever had one of those weeks where you should stay at home and not go to work. I have had my arse ripped out twice already and there is still two more days to go. And the part that really rips my Jockeys is that I didn't do anything wrong. I think I should just curl up and go hide in a corner.

KILO

Work done for the day

At home. Was an easy day today, no real stress. Got training tonight. It is a fun night. Deb is dong a quiz for the team. We might do an exercise on being self sufficient for three days and write down what we as a team would need and what we would need as individuals. See how we go for time. Next week we will be doing a stocktake on gear and we will soon be winding up for the year.

KILO

Having a beer

I have done my day of cleaning stuff and I am now sitting down with a Speight's while watching C4's, UChoose, 80's classics. I never really fitted into an era of music. I was never a 80's kid or an 90's child. I just liked what I like. Dad was into Queen and Pink Floyd. I like any thing with a good beat and that can be anything from Rock to Drum and Base. I must admit I like music that can give you a good feeling. Like the music from The Blues Brothers. That would have to be my fav movie. The music in that gives you a great feeling.

"We are on a mission, from God"

KILO

Lazy Sunday

My mother in-law had her 60th last night. So Fiona and I (mainly Fiona) helped set up her house for the party. I cooked the BBQ and it was a good night in all.

Today, well I am doing sweet FA. I need to do some washing and a little bit of a clean up and that will be that.

KILO

I hate Show week

Man I hate show week. It is a short week and everyone goes crazy. Everyone orders and the drivers at work are run of there feet. I got to work at 6am this morning and I got home at 7:30pm. A very long day. Didnt have a break all day.

Me at Cliff Dale

This a Pic of me leading a one point lower in a stair well at a disused hospital in Christchurch.

weather today has been weird. Very hot but the rivers around Canterbury are on high alert. We have been told that they are up really high. Have a look at www.ecan.govt.nz for more info about river levels. So it is a wait and see what the rivers do. When we have a nor-west wind in CHCH, the southen rangers, Canterbury foot hills and the West Coast get hit by a heap of rain and that is what has happened today. The rivers are going to peak about 3am so we wait and see.

Training Tonight

As above, training tonight. Going to have a debrief of the Cliff Dale. Also going to try on the new boots and jackets that we have been issued. Had a good day at work today. Did my run and was finished but 4:30pm. Tomorrow I have to do someone elses run, so that is like a change.

WE WON!!!

We won the Cliff Dale rescue Comp!! I am very proud of the team. They did a great Job. Christchurch City Council Team came second.

Was a very hot day. The first exercise we started with was a ladder hinge. We had to put a ladder up onto a building and then get all the team up there and then ladder hinge the victim down on the other side of the building. Next we did a two point lower and I got covered in all this black stuff of the roof of the building. The we did a ladder slide and had a morning tea.

Next we did a team building exercise and then into a first aid one. We had two car and one was on it roof. Looked very real and gave you a bit of a shock when you saw it. The last exercise was a Single Point lower. That went well. We came away with the first aid trophy a three way tie for Casualty Handerling trophy and the Cliff Dale trophy.


I also won Team Leader.

All in all it was a great day.

Cliff Dale Rescue Comp

Well I have the rescue comp on Saturday. Should be a bit of fun. We have been training a heap so this year we are going to win it. (I hope) Have almost won it for the last four years. One of the team that is normaly in the comp cant be there this year. It is going to be like going to the olympics without the USA. Oh well.

KILO

About Time

Well it is about time that I did one of these as everyone else is. So I will join in I think.

KILO