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David Rudawitz |
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| Girl Scouting |
| Civil Air Patrol |
| Search and Rescue Institute |
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Having moved from
Southern California to Oregon, I changed chapters and have begun to work with the Oregon Trail Chapter located in Portland Oregon. Oregon Trails is also the state
lead chapter for Oregon and has responsiblity for 5 counties (Clackamas, Columbia,
Multinomah, Washington and Yamhill) as will as Tillamook County to the west. They
have a very active disaster program with a large number of volunteers. I will be working
with their Disaster Action Teams (DAT), their Communications Committee and with their
Damage Assessment function lead. I will also be conducting disaster training courses as
well. After I have had a chance to meet and work with their disaster workers and
leadership, will be working with the Chapter to move into a volunteer leadership
assignment commensurate with my background and experience.
In addition to my work with the local chapter, I am also a member of the National Red Cross organization as part of the Disaster Human Resources System (DHRS). From time to time, I am able to get away to serve from one to three weeks on a major out of the area disaster operation. In 1992, served three weeks as a Damage Assessment Coordinator Kalahaoe on the island of Kauai in Hawaii for Hurricane Iniki. Wouldn't you know that when I finally go to Hawaii on an expense account, everything was broken!
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Girl Scouting |
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With the twins active Cadette Girl Scouts and my wife, Linda the troop leader for both a Cadette and Junior Troop in Orange County, we became involved with the local Girl Scouts immediately. This year we have started Lake Oswego Cadette Troop 2501. Linda is the troop leader and we are actively recruiting new scouts. This group is very busy with activities almost every weekend. This summer they went to Victoria BC for a week long visit!. The Twins will be going to visit Our Cabana the International Girl Guide facility in Mexico.
Civil Air Patrol
I have been a member of Civil Air Patrol
(CAP) since 1976. I have been a Major for as long as anyone can remember. After moving
to Oregon, I have joined Metropolitan Senior Flight - 36085 which meets at Portland
International Airport (PDX). This unit is primarily a flying unit with just two of us
"ground pounders" on board. Before leaving California Wing, my last assignment
was in the Ground Operations Section of Wing Headquarters. I have also been Group 15
ES Officer and Commander of Santiago Composite Squadron 88. My area of specialty in CAP is
ground search and rescue (SAR).
Ground SAR personnel respond to
emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal reports as well as aircraft reported overdue.
The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC)
at Langley AFB Virginia coordinates ELT and air rescue operations in CONUS. ELTs are
special transmitters that are designed to activate in the event of an aircraft crash.
Their purpose is to lead the rescuers to the crash site. We use special electronic
direction finding (DF) equipment to track down these signals. A process which is a hybrid
of triangulation and spiral tracking will generally lead us to the crash site or ELT
location. 96% of all reported ELT activations are a result of an accidental ELT activation
- not from a crash.
Search and Rescue
InstituteI have recently become a member of the Board of Directors of the Search and Rescue Institute Inc. SARI provides quality training for SAR volunteers and leaders as well as disaster and preparedness training for the public. I also designed and maintain the SARI website (www.sarinstitute.org). Visit our website to learn more about the Search and Rescue Institute.
The Search and Rescue Institute is proud to provide NASAR developed and sanctioned SAR TECH training.
View my Volunteer Curricula Vita
(upated March 2001)
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