Marine Search and Rescue Workshop 2010
Saturday May 15th
Schedule
Times
Location
Activity
Comment/Responsibilities
18:00 – 22:00
Holiday Inn, Wgtn
Early attendee arrival
Individual
Sunday May 16th
Schedule
Times
Location
Activity
Comment
07:30 – 08:30
09:00 – 10:30
Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn
Breakfast
Registration
Early attendees only
Viv Bracefield
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 10:45
Level 1
Grand Space
Morning Tea
10:45 – 11:15
11:15 – 12:30
Grand Space
Grand Space
12:30 – 13:30
13:30 – 16:00
1. Welcome & opening
2. Housekeeping
New Zealand SAR organisation and overview
Structure, roles and responsibilities of the two coordinating
authorities
Presentation followed by panel discussion
Catherine Taylor – Director MNZ
Duncan Ferner / Viv Bracefield
Duncan Ferner
Pre function space
Lunch
Workshop session 1 - CIMS and IAMSAR
Holiday Inn
Grand Space
Introductory presentation by Police and RCCNZ
 Philosophy and practice of CIMS and IAMSAR
 Mechanics of Marine SAR Operations
Rodney Bracefield (RCCNZ) and
Martin Paget (Police)
Workshop Session 1
1. CIMS roles and responsibilities for Marine SAR including advisors
and on scene coordinators
Facilitator: Trevor Farmer
(Coastguard)
Break out rooms
Duncan Ferner, Bruce Johnston &
Nigel Clifford
Break out rooms
2. CIMS – how does it actually work? How can our understanding of
it be improved? How can it be improved?
Facilitator: Jonathon Webber (SLSNZ)
16:00 – 17:00
Grand Space
Workshop brief back (30 Minutes each group)
Chair brief back John Seward
18:30 – 20:00
Grand Space
Dinner
Monday May 17th
Schedule
Times
07:30 – 08:15
08:30 – 09:30
09:30 – 10:00
Location
Activity
Ground floor
Grand Space
Breakfast (clear rooms, settle accounts)
Organisational Capability and Overview for Marine SAR
( 5 minutes each)
Grand Space
Marine Search and Rescue in Western Australia
10:00 – 11:30
Break out rooms
Workshop Session 2 (1:30 hr group discussion including morning
tea)
1. Effective management of complex (multi organisational)
SAROPs
2. Night Marine SAR and Case studies
3. Shoreline Operations
11:30 – 12:30
Grand Space
Workshop brief back (20 min each group)
12:30 – 13:30
Pre function space
Lunch
13:30 – 14:30
Grand Space
SAREX Planning
 Use of the developed SAREX Guidelines
Marine SAR Technology presentation
 Tracking Systems
 IT
 Communications
 RCCNZ specific
Workshop summary, feedback and closure
Afternoon Tea
End of Workshop - De register
14:30 – 15:30
Grand Space
15:30 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:30
16:30
Grand Space
Pre function space
Pre function space
Comment/Responsibilities
Coastguard: Dean Lawrence
SLSNZ: Brett Sullivan
Dunedin Marine SAR: Rowan Leck
LandSAR: Hadyn Smith
RCCNZ: Chris Henshaw
MOC: Brendan Comerford
Police: Bruce Johnson
NZDF: Leon Fox
Mick Wear (WA Police)
Facilitator: David Wilson (RCCNZ)
Facilitator: Bill Nicholson (Police)
Facilitator: Dean Duthie (Police)
Chair brief back SLSNZ Brett Sullivan
Ross Gordon with :
Rodney Bracefield, Bill Nicholson
Coastguard: John Cowan
Police: Tony Groom
MoC: James Lamb
RCCNZ: Andrew Tarr
Duncan Ferner
Hand back of name tags etc