NEW INFORMATION: LESA SENIOR GROUND TEAM/GROUND TEAM LEADER CLASS

The Lone Star Emergency Services Academy is proud to announce the first of its kind Ground Search And Rescue class exclusively for Senior Members as part of the LESA GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE SPECIALTY SCHOOL. The goals of the Senior GSAR course include training active CAP GTMs to become effective Ground Team Leaders and to train CAP GTMs and GTLs to be interoperable with other SAR organizations as reliable resources within the SAR system.

CAP GTM 2 & 1's will have the opportunity to train and test to complete GTM1 and GTL. GTM 3 Trainees and GTM 3's will have the opportunity to train and test to complete GTM 3 & 2. In addition to GTM skills training and testing; the Senior GSAR Class includes the NASAR "Search And Rescue Technician II" (SARTECH II) course. During the class members will take the SARTECH II certification test and upon successful completion will become nationally certified SARTECH II's! The Senior GSAR Class format provides a less structured "user friendly" adult education environment with the flexibility to accommodate students at varying levels of experience. GTM's at all levels will have the opportunity to make significant progress with their GTM qualifications.

For more information please contact the instructor: Capt Dallas Lane, at lane@forensicgroup.com. To register, use the REGISTRATION link above. As soon as you are registered, contact Capt Lane so he can get you your material.

The 2012 Lone Star Emergency Services Academy will be held June 17-24 in Big Sandy, Texas, at the ALERT Academy. Our school, in its fifth year, has been sanctioned by Southwest Region and has been through the National Civil Air Patrol accreditation process. We are very proud of this distinction and the LESA staff looks forward to opening our doors to CAP members from across the nation.

Our facility offers outstanding accommodations, classrooms, an airfield and many acres of woods for training. Once again we will have newer, upgraded dorm rooms that will afford more privacy to our participants. To obtain the great rate we've negotiated, students must bring their own sheets, blankets, and towels.

The curriculum for each LESA School follows the task guides and SQTRs developed by CAP or expands them with nationally recognized curriculums from NASAR, Wilderness First Aid and Red Cross. Some schools have minimum-age requirements because of the level of academic commitment required to be successful, other training is governed by CAP regulations and is limited to individuals age 18 and up. Consult the application for age limitations and prerequisites.

We know Big Sandy is a long trip for many of you. However, we'll provide inbound or outbound sorties to cover the cost of fuel, and this should help make the trip easier. This should be arranged with the LESA Administrator two weeks in advance in order to get sorties into WMIRS.

This facility is a great place, especially considering its very reasonable rates. Each school fee will be priced according to the cost of classroom and field training aids required, but they will all be bargains. The course fee will cover three meals a day, lodging, classrooms, and wireless Internet access. The Academy even has its own air field.

Lone Star Emergency Services Academy offers a wider variety of class options at a more affordable price than other CAP academies, our facilities are outstanding, and we offer to cover transportation costs to the event. Why would you want to go anywhere else?