1. PLB’s & SEND’S UPDATE Presented by John Amrhein San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department

2. PERSONAL LOCATOR BEACONS

3. FREUND SEARCH

4. VAUGHN SEARCH

5. CORRECT COORDINATES? ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU’RE WORKING FROM THE E SOLUTION

6. PLB INCIDENT REPORT

7. PLB DATA SO FAR June 2007-January 2010 16 DOCUMENTED ACTIVATIONS WHY ACTIVATED –8 INJURIES (2 COULD HAVE SELF RESCUED) –1 LOST –7 ACCIDENTAL ACTIVATION –7 NOT REGISTERED

8. RESULTS OF DATA COLLECTION IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED A PROBLEM WITH INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH AFRCC.

9. PLB CONCERNS MAKES IT TO EASY TO YELL FOR HELP

10. SPOT’s S atellite E mergency N otification D evices

11. WHAT’S IN A NAME? IS A SEND’s/SPOT A PLB? “by Federal regulation the only devices that can be called PLB’s are those satellite alarming devices that transmit on a main frequency of 406 MHz and are certified by Cospa-Sarsat.” Allen Knox MRO Program Director USCG

12. SEND’s INCIDENT REPORT

13. SEND’s PROBLEMS MAKES IT TO EASY TO YELL FOR HELP DISPATCH PROBLEMS

14. SEND’s DATA SO FAR JUNE 2008-JANUARY 2010 29 DOCUMENTED CASES VICTIMS FOUND CLOSE TO SEND’s PROVIDED COORDINATES WHY ACTIVATED? –15 INJURIES –3 LOST –7 ACCIDENTAL –5 NOT REGISTERED –4 COULD HAVE/OR DID SELF RESCUE

15. FEDERAL LEVEL RTCM (Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services) Special Committee 128 Make Recommendations to FCC

16. NATIONAL LEVEL NSARC (National Search & Rescue Committee) SEND’s Working Group Response Issues Make recommendations to SC-128

17. STATE LEVEL SEND/SPOT COMMITTEE PART OF THE STATE SAR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

18. NEW SEND’s

19. WHAT TO REMEMBER MAKE SURE YOU ARE GETTING THE E SOLUTION (PLB’s). EDUCATE YOUR TROOPS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PLB AND A SEND’s. ALWAYS SUBMIT AN INCIDENT REPORT FORM ASAP TO ME.

20. CONTACT ME AT OFFICE 909-387-0696 CELL951-323-8436 EMAILjamrhein@sbcsd.orgjamrhein@sbcsd.org INCIDENT REPORTSwww.sbsar.orgwww.sbsar.org (PLB/SEND’s)under documents