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Operations => Emergency Services & Operations => Topic started by: arajca on November 21, 2006, 02:54:53 PM

Title: New NEAT
Post by: arajca on November 21, 2006, 02:54:53 PM
Lat night, I was talking with my unit ES Officer about members who attended the wing GSAR school not being authorized to wear the patch from the school. As we were talking, an idea emerged: A new NEAT-type program. The basic idea is that NEAT schools would be at least five days long with three days of curriculum dictated by National and at least two days by the wing. This provides a good standard for everyone - somethings are the same nationwide, regardless of what some members think - and still allows for tailoring for wing specific needs as well. Ie, in CO we'd concentrate on mountain work.
Title: Re: New NEAT
Post by: Pylon on November 21, 2006, 04:16:23 PM
Quote from: arajca on November 21, 2006, 02:54:53 PM
Lat night, I was talking with my unit ES Officer about members who attended the wing GSAR school not being authorized to wear the patch from the school. As we were talking, an idea emerged: A new NEAT-type program. The basic idea is that NEAT schools would be at least five days long with three days of curriculum dictated by National and at least two days by the wing. This provides a good standard for everyone - somethings are the same nationwide, regardless of what some members think - and still allows for tailoring for wing specific needs as well. Ie, in CO we'd concentrate on mountain work.

Sorry, I'm a bit obtuse... what does NEAT stand for?   ???
Title: Re: New NEAT
Post by: arajca on November 21, 2006, 04:29:43 PM
Applogies. NEAT = National Emergency Asistance Training. IIRC, is was a collection of wing/region level ES schools.