SAResources V.1               Description            Sept. 6/96
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SAResources is a software package designed for use by the
training officer of a British Columbia Provincial Emergency
Program Search And Rescue team. The program maintains databases
for training events, training attendance, team member records,
and a radio inventory record. It can generate the various forms
used by the PEP as well as various other forms and records for
use in the general day-to-day management of a SAR team.

As the author of the program has also written the SARTracker
mapping program which includes a radio log, this package
includes a database for inventory of the team's radios and
communications equipment. That database is designed to be
accessed by SARtracker V.2.

The program generates the following forms:

PEP Forms
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Training Task number application form -single training event
Training Task number application form -for multiple events
Task Registration form (Sign-in list) for all members -hard copy
       and ASCII text file
Blank Task Registration form 
Training Task Report form

Other Forms
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Team Training Attendance
Member Training Attendance
Member Resource File  -  hard copy and ASCII text file
Member Resource Database Table
Training Event Database Table
Callout Phone List
Mailing Labels
Radio Equipment Inventory Table


Member Resources Database
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The program allows for the maintenance of records for each team
member, as well as assigning an ID number to each member - which
in future will be used to register team members as they sign-in
at a major search. The Member Resources Database has over 125
fields to record vital information such as phone numbers and
mailing information, next-of-kin information and medical
information. The database also tracks PEP certificate courses
as well as other important skills and a list of member's
personal equipment. Information in this database is used to
generate the various forms, such as sign-in and callout lists.
It can in future be used during a task registration to provide a
search manager with a list of the skills available from their
members.

View the document   MEMRES.TXT  to view a list of the database
fields and guidlines for the information entered in them.

Training Events Database
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The training event database is used to generate the task number
application forms prior to training sessions, tracks attendance
at training and training events, and generates the report after
a training session.

Installing the Program
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1. Create the directory:
C:\SAR\DB
And unzip the contents of the file SARRES.ZIP into it.

2. Find the file SETUP.EXE in the above directory and run it.
The Setup proceedure will install the software and allow you to
make entries for your team. You will be asked to input PEP zone and
municipality information and an abreviation for your team's name.
That abreviation is used to name the Member Database file and becomes
part of the ID number for each member. This abreviation needs
to be unique. Suggestions appear in the combo box for each team in
the province.
In the future, as more sofware utilities for Search And Rescue
come into use, the information in the Member Resource database file
may be used during registration and tracking member skills resources
at a large search where many teams may be brought together. The
Setup program contains a list of suggested abreviations for each
team in British Columbia.

3. Install the program TRAINRPT.EXE in the Windows Program manager
or run it directly from the File manager.

That concludes the program installation.


TEAM LOGO
When you run the program, you will notice that the logo for Lions
Bay Search And Rescue appears on the main menu screen. If you
would like your team's crest to appear on the screen, save a
bitmap of it as LOGO.BMP in the same directory ( C:\SAR\DB )
with the program files.

If you have a previous version of the program, you will find
that the new version of the databases contain new fiends.  The
setup routine will have updated your old version of the Member
Resource database to include the new fields.

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For information or comments, contact the author at:

bob.manson@deepcove.bc.ca