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Wilderness Surival
Wilderness Surival
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Articles and Resources related to wilderness survival.


 
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 Marine Survival Equipment and Maintenance (Workbook)
Marine Survival Equipment and Maintenance (Workbook)
Downloads: 9
Date added: 10/11/2006
From the website: Learn to choose, install, use, and maintain required emergency equipment for the commercial fishing vessel. Revised in 2005 by Jerry Dzugan, Alaska Marine Safety Education Association.
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Emergency VHF Radio Protocols
Emergency VHF Radio Protocols
Downloads: 21
Date added: 09/19/2006
If you haven't done a VHF course but own a radio, it may be worth reading through the two main protocols and understand them before you need to use them.
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SAR Seamanship Reference Manual
SAR Seamanship Reference Manual
Downloads: 45
Date added: 06/15/2006
Don't the title deceive you, this is a fantastic resource for Sea Kayak Instructors. With over 460 pages of information, this Canadian Government Publication is a very in-depth manual that covers almost every topic of search and rescue seamanship.

Only a handful of the topics include:
  • How Search and Rescue works in Canada.
  • Management styles in a crisis
  • Working with Ropes and Wires
  • Collision Regulations and Rules of the Road
  • Navigation
  • Wave Theory
  • Understanding Weather
  • Emergency Care and Transportation of Maritime Casualties

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Standards for Pyrotechnic Distress Signals and Similar Devices
Standards for Pyrotechnic Distress Signals and Similar Devices
Downloads: 9
Date added: 04/04/2006

The Canadian standards for manufactures of flares and other distress signals. Not the most exciting reading but it documents the minimum requirements for each type of flare in regards to things like burn time, water immersion, drop tests, etc.

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