ASTM F3175-16
(Guide)Standard Guide for Training and Equipping Search and Rescue Personnel Operating on Mountain Bikes (Mountain Bike SAR Endorsement)
Standard Guide for Training and Equipping Search and Rescue Personnel Operating on Mountain Bikes (Mountain Bike SAR Endorsement)
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 This guide establishes the minimum training criteria for Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel.
4.2 At no time will this standard supersede any established protocols of international, national, federal, state, tribal, local, or regional governments.
4.3 Every person who is identified as a Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed individual shall have met the requirements of this guide.
4.4 Though this guide establishes only minimum standards, it does not imply that a Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed individual is a “trainee,” “probationary,” or other similarly termed member of an agency or organization.
4.4.1 The AHJ is responsible for determining the requirements and qualifications for its team member ratings.
4.4.2 Nothing in this guide precludes an AHJ from adding additional requirements for its own members.
4.5 A person meeting the requirements of this guide does not necessarily possess adequate field skills and knowledge to make mission-critical decisions.
4.6 This guide by itself is not a training document. It is an outline of the topics required for training or evaluating Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel.
4.7 This guide is an outline of the topics required for training or evaluating Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel and may be used to assist in the development of a training document or program.
4.8 This guide can be used to evaluate a document to determine if its content includes the topics necessary for training an individual to be Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel. Likewise, this guide may be used to evaluate an existing training program to see if it meets the requirements in this guide.
4.9 The knowledge, skills, and abilities presented in the following sections are not in any particular order and do not represent a training sequence.
4.10 This guide does not stand alone and must be used with other ASTM Standards to identify the knowledge, skills, ...
SCOPE
1.1 This guide establishes the minimum training and equipment requirements, including general and field knowledge, skills, and abilities, for search and rescue personnel who operate on mountain bikes.
1.2 Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed individuals may, under qualified supervision, perform their normal duties safely and effectively on mountain bikes.
1.3 A Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsement alone is not sufficient to indicate that an individual has the knowledge, skills, or abilities to perform any specific duties, including search and rescue operations, other than those defined within this guide.
1.4 Personnel trained to only this guide are not qualified to operate in leadership positions.
1.5 Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed individuals operate on the surface of the land only, including urban or disaster areas that may be isolated or have lost supporting infrastructure.
1.6 Human land SAR resources that may utilize personnel trained to this guide are classified in Classification F1993.
1.6.1 Further training may be required before Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel may participate on a particular Category or Kind of SAR resource, depending on local needs, regulations, or policies of the authority having jurisdiction.
1.7 This guide alone does not provide the minimum training requirements for SAR personnel to operate on mountain bikes while performing operations in partially or fully collapsed structures, in- or on-water, in confined spaces, underground (such as in caves, mines, and tunnels), or in mountain or alpine environments.
1.8 Personnel trained to this guide are not qualified to perform rescue. No training in rope use, high or low angle litter evacuation, or other rescue skills is included in this guide.
1.8.1 Basic rescue skills and knowledge are found in Guide F2751.
1.9 Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel must work under q...
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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
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Designation: F3175 − 16
Standard Guide for
Training and Equipping Search and Rescue Personnel
Operating on Mountain Bikes (Mountain Bike SAR
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Endorsement)
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F3175; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 1.8 Personnel trained to this guide are not qualified to
perform rescue. No training in rope use, high or low angle litter
1.1 This guide establishes the minimum training and equip-
evacuation, or other rescue skills is included in this guide.
ment requirements, including general and field knowledge,
1.8.1 Basic rescue skills and knowledge are found in Guide
skills, and abilities, for search and rescue personnel who
F2751.
operate on mountain bikes.
1.9 Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel
1.2 Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed individuals
must work under qualified supervision, as deemed appropriate
may, under qualified supervision, perform their normal duties
by the AHJ.
safely and effectively on mountain bikes.
1.10 This standard is created without regard to the type of
1.3 AMountainBikeSearchandRescueEndorsementalone
mountain bike, gear, panniers, first aid supplies, or personal
is not sufficient to indicate that an individual has the
protective equipment that is used by a Mountain Bike Search
knowledge, skills, or abilities to perform any specific duties,
and Rescue Endorsed individual.
including search and rescue operations, other than those
1.11 This standard does not purport to address all of the
defined within this guide.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
1.4 Personnel trained to only this guide are not qualified to
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
operate in leadership positions.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.5 Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed individuals
operate on the surface of the land only, including urban or
2. Referenced Documents
disaster areas that may be isolated or have lost supporting
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
infrastructure.
F1447 Specification for Helmets Used in Recreational Bicy-
1.6 Human land SAR resources that may utilize personnel
cling or Roller Skating
trained to this guide are classified in Classification F1993.
F1633 Guide for Techniques in Land Search
1.6.1 Further training may be required before Mountain
F1773 Terminology Relating to Climbing, Mountaineering,
Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel may participate
Search and Rescue Equipment and Practices
on a particular Category or Kind of SAR resource, depending
F1952 Specification for Helmets Used for Downhill Moun-
on local needs, regulations, or policies of the authority having
tain Bicycle Racing
jurisdiction.
F1993 Classification System of Human Search and Rescue
Resources
1.7 This guide alone does not provide the minimum training
requirements for SAR personnel to operate on mountain bikes F2209 Guide for Training of Land Search Team Member
F2751 Guide for Training of a Land Search and Rescue
while performing operations in partially or fully collapsed
structures, in- or on-water, in confined spaces, underground Team Member
F2890 Guide for Hazard Awareness for Search and Rescue
(such as in caves, mines, and tunnels), or in mountain or alpine
environments. Personnel
F3068 Guide for Contents and Use of a Position Task Book
(PTB)
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search and
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Rescue and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F32.03 on Personnel, For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Training and Education. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Current edition approved June 1, 2016. Published July 2016. DOI: 10.1520/ Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
F3175-16. the ASTM website.
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GNSS-IW) Endorsement additional requirements for its own members.
2.2 Other Documents:
4.5 A person meeting the requirements of this guide does
Snell Memorial Foundation standard N-94, Standard for
not necessarily possess adequate
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