Unusual Occurrence Report aka The Dreaded “Blue Card” San Bernardino County Sheriff Emergency Operations Division / Volunteer Forces Unit Corporal Dan Whitten Unusual Occurrence Report aka The Dreaded “Blue Card”

Unusual Occurrence Report aka “Blue Card”

What is the form used for? Document S&R Document Trainings Document Meetings Document Special Events Anything your unit needs to document

Who can complete the Blue Card? Coordinator Commander Vice Commander / Training Officer Other Board Member Team Leader Any Member

Who are you responsible for? Your members (including sworn personnel from your assigned station). Each unit responding to assist another unit completes a Blue Card If you are the lead unit (the incident is in your beat), you should also include Aviation on your blue card. (Aviation: 909-356-3800)

Where are they? www.sbsar.org Click on “DOCUMENTS” under MENU Click on “Forms” You may view and download the Blue Card and all 3 Continuation Forms

219/WVSAR S & R 020900228 Mt. Baldy (summit) 021109/1705 – 021209/0900 Cpl. Dan Whitten (W2713) Cpl. Dan Whitten (W2713)

Average Joe V Victimly M W 20 01-01-89 1234 Main Street San Bernardino 92415 (909) 555-1212

X Dan Whitten P Cpl W2713 54D2 2.0 4.50 Gordon Yee V R II WVSAR 5.0 ??? Charles Feibush V CV 219 6.5 2SR1 AStar Pilot P Dep A1234 40K3 2.0 AStar Flight Officer P Dep B1234 40K3 2.0 UH1 Pilot P Sgt C1234 RSQ07 1.5 UH1 Flight Officer P Dep D1234 RSQ07 1.5 UH1 Medic V R II ??? RSQ07 1.5

X Ford F150 (4x4) 005153-54 C 60 Ford Crown Vic Patrol Unit 012345-02 40 POV’s (4x4) qty=1 P 150 POV’s qty=1 P 100 Eurocopter AStar 350 B3 40K5 C 90 min Bell UH1 Air Rsq 06 C 60 min

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Detailed synopsis of what occurred… Who, What, Where, When, How & Why For training, please describe what topics were covered and who the instructor(s) were.

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Routing Blue Cards Keep 1 copy in Unit Files Forward 1 copy to Volunteer Forces Inter-Office mail to Cpl. Dan Whitten Email to dwhitten@sbcsd.org if you are saving/emailing electronic Blue Cards please “save as” a discrete file name: 090221_RIMSAR_C+C Mtg, 090221_WVSAR_training, 090221_SBMTN_DR010900123 … it will make life easier if we need to find the electronic copy later.

Idea Web based data entry You enter the same info on a page at sbsar.org. Once you have entered all of the information it save a copy for you, prints a copy and forwards the data to Volunteer Forces.

Any Questions / Suggestions?

Search & Rescue Coordinator Thank You Corporal Dan Whitten Search & Rescue Coordinator Desk: (909) 387-0678 Cell: (909) 214-8825 Email: dwhitten@sbcsd.org