Cadets SVP

SVP All notes:

SVP 1:

MoLM :

D) State the importance of physical fitness in a survival situation.

Non MoLM:

A survival situation is any situation in which you must survive.

SVP 2::

a) state the ways in which the body uses/loses water:

The body loses water in excreta, perspiration and water vapour.

B) Water loss symptoms includes:

• Lack of skin elasticity.
• Little or no saliva.
• Swollen tongue .
• Inability to swallow.
• Nausea.
• Muscle cramps.
• Blurred vision.

C) Reducing water loss:

• Avoid unnecessarily exertion
• Stay in the shade
• Don’t drink alcohol.
• Don’t lie in heated areas or rocks.
• Eat carbohydrates rather than protein.

D) Water Procurement:

• Vegetation - tie a plastic bag over a healthy plant in order to collect water lost in transpiration.
• Land runoff - place a container near a creek or somewhere runoff occurs.
• Dunes - Water runs off of dunes and con be collected from inside the dune.

Cliff bases - can creat runoff, or have water in crack and crevices.

SVP 3 - Food procurement:

a)emergency rations:

• Anticipate the reaction time of a search party.
• Anticipate the water that you have.
• Anticipate delay.

b) animal life:

• Can be hard to obtain.
• Look for watering points at dusk or dawn.
• Look for tracks of trails
• Droppings or feedings are good indications,

C) plant life:

• Plants are easier to find,
• Roots, shoots and tubers as well as fruit and nuts are easy to find.
• Fungi is also edible,
• Plants are probably more risky or dangerous,

SVP 4 - Camp Craft and shelters:

a) purpose of a shelter:

• a shelter should provide ample protection from wind, rain and other elements.
• Provide a safe dry place to store food and equipment.

B) principles of governing and siting a sheter:

• Try to keep your facilities close.
• Try to make sure that you are in middle ground due to water flow, wind and run off.
• Try to ensure you are near good materials for shelter such as firewood and plants.
• Should be near a good suply of water.
• Should be near search and recue pilots/ where they can see.

c) bivouac facilities:

• Latrines should be downhill and downwind.
• Rubbish should be far away from water source.
• Rubbish should be taken or burnt.

SVP 5/6 fire:

a) the fire triangle:

• To light a fire needs fuel, heat and oxygen.

B) principles of fire contruction:

Fires can be used for morale, cooking, signalling, burning and warmth

C) Fire preparations:

• Tinder, kindling, than fuel such as logs.
• Tinder should be light and require little prepartaion in order to be effective. Should be carried in a water proof container.
• Fire should be covered if in wet weather.
• Fire should be kept small and manageable so it can eaily be put out.
• Burn grass instead of matches.
• Waterproof waxes by dipping them in wax.
• split matches in two when in an emergency

D) Safety precautions:

• Do not put water on a charcoal fire.
• always have someone supervising.

SVP 7 - Signalling:

a) fire:

• off the ground, ideally three in a triangular shape.
• Keep dry with green leaves.
• check every morning at a moments notice.

b)Heliograph:

• Uses a shiny objects to reflect the suns rays, and can further send messages with morse code.

c) Ground to air code:

Cna be in either morse code. Can be viewed from the sky quite easily.

d) Flares:

• Hand-held or rocket flares can be used in order to attract attentions.
• Be careful that you do not burn yourself.

E) radio - CB:

• Amplitude modulation and single Side Band.
• Emergency frequency is on channel 5. Select upper side band if on an SSB.

F) radio - VHP:

• Use channel 16. Use Mayday sugnals and don’t say calling all stations.

• Up to 20 km range.

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