Incident Management / Risk Assessment starts the moment you think about a trip. The Olympia Mountaineers Sea Kayaking Group two part Incident Management class / Risk Assessment helps you identify risks and prevent them before they happen, but not all things go as planned so we help you figure out what to have in your bag of tricks and in your essentials that you carry with you. So when things do not go as planned the incident becomes an inconvenience and not something worse. This is by no means a guarantee that it will prevent an incident.

This is the second part of Olympia two part Incident Management Risk Assessment Class. YOU WILL GET WET! This portion will be on the water where we will test your kayak gear out and find out how ready you are for an on the water incident. This will include towing, rescues, mock first aid, boat repair, group dynamics, landing in difficult areas and working as a group to solve problems. This is also a good time to try out that new rescue technique that you heard about and find out how good it w... More

This is the second part of Olympia two part Incident Management Risk Assessment Class. YOU WILL GET WET! This portion will be on the water where we will test your kayak gear out and find out how ready you are for an on the water incident. This will include towing, rescues, mock first aid, boat repair, group dynamics, landing in difficult areas and working as a group to solve problems. This is also a good time to try out that new rescue technique that you heard about and find out how good it works or even practice and refine a old rescue. Launch and destination will be determined later.

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