Editorial note: the minutes of this meeting I have on file
are typewritten but have a number of handwritten corrections that I believe were from Irv Lichtenstein. I am
unsure if the minutes were approved as typewritten or with the handwritten
corrections. Handwritten corrections are (in
italics and parentheses).
The meeting at the Public Safety
Institute at Harrisburg Area Community College was called to order at 1000
hours by President Peter McCabe with distribution of the meeting's agenda (see
attached) for the Special Order. With the absence of PSARC Secretary Keith
Conover, McCabe volunteered to take informal notes of the meeting to serve as
Minutes. There were no objections and no other volunteers.
Eighteen (Eleven)
individuals from 11 (nine)
PSARC groups were in attendance. (Many
groups were in arrrears or not yet members.) The attendance sheet
was not found when the minutes were
Standards were considered
individually with indepth and spirited discussions occurring for Call-Out
Qualified, Field Team Member, and Field Team leader qualifications. These
minutes do not contain detail regarding specific discussions or topics.
During a spirited meeting with all
groups actively entering lively discussions, a series of recommendations and/or
motions were made:
During the course of the special
meeting the following transpired:
A motion was made by Irv
Lichtenstein, and seconded to postpone consideration of (mail ballot) standards till the June
meeting to allow further review and comment by PSARC groups. The motion did not
carry. The vote was 9 against, 3 for.
A motion was made and seconded to
recommend to the PSARC Board that, at their next meeting, they vote to accept
the revised language of standards for Call Out Qualified (COQ), Field Team
Member (FTM) and Field Team Leader (FTL). The motion passed. Minor revisions
were made during the meeting in the final draft standards for COQ, FTM, and
FTL. Note: These were included with the mailing of the May 1993 SAR
Communications Net, stamped "Recommended For Approval." (Never voted on.)
A motion was made and seconded to
mail to the PSARC membership, revised language from the First Drafts for
Incident Staff (IS) and Incident Commander (IC) for discussion at the next
meeting of the PSARC. The motion passed. Minor revisions were made during the
meeting in the first draft standards for IS and IC. These were included with
the May 1993 SAR Communications Net or under separate cover, stamped "Final
Draft." Discussion on the Final Draft of the IS and IC standards is
scheduled to occur at the June 12 PSARC meeting.
It was recommended (mandated )that within 18 months from
initial adoption, and hence forth every three years, all PSARC training standards
be individually reviewed (reeneacted).
(Recorded notes are incomplete whether this recommendation was presented as a
motion, and if so, the outcome of the motion.) (Moved by Coventry, Seconded by Howley. Intent was sunset provision - no vote, no standard.)
The meeting adjourned at 1500
hours.
P. McCabe