Every time I teach a new group of Search & Rescue candidates I include this lesson. The lesson is about the most important piece of gear they will carry. It’s always a lot of fun – here’s how it goes. I start by rounding up my gear, some team gear, and fellow instructor gear and […]
Salt / SaltStack is a tool one can use to handle remote execution of code, deployments and other configuration or maintenance across hundreds or thousands of servers. It’s command line / shell based, quick, simple and effective. It uses a Master / Minion setup where commands are issued from the Master to all the Minions. […]
“BSI!!! SCENE SAFE!! PPE!!! WORK AS A TEAM, LIFT FROM THE KNEES!!” SAR is dangerous work. Professional, volunteer, amateur or expert – things go bad, and when they do, they go bad very fast. Ever year searchers get hurt, searchers get killed. It’s the nature of what we do. Stupid things happen, dumb mistakes are […]
Wanted to share my setup for my HAM and CB Radio. With the Jeep, I specifically did not want to drill into or damage the interior in order to mount the radios. I also wanted to make sure the install looked ‘clean.’ I didn’t want wires visible. With this install, the only wire you really […]
People may not realize that working Search and Rescue in Las Vegas could mean that one minute you’re facing a 120 degree desert, and within the hour helo’d up to the top Mt. Charleston, in an Alpine / Snow environment. Clothing / Gear becomes an issue. I helped start a volunteer SAR team around 2012 […]
I haven’t posted to my blog in over a year. Truth is, I couldn’t. Now, a year later, in the early days of 2013, I’m finally able to tell you all why. Before 2012 even started, the end of 2011 brought forth a wave of unfortunate, devastatingly personal events that completely wrecked my heart, my […]
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