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The following Rescue Committee Policy additions were approved by the CCC board 5/19/04

1. For any injury or problem that cannot be readily handled by the trip participants as a self-rescue, trip leaders must send someone to a telephone and call 911 and be sure to be connected to Mid-County Fire Department in Camdenton.  (Some cell phone calls from the site will automatically route elsewhere but can be transferred to Camdenton by the 911 operator.)
2. Trip leaders must attend a formal training session on proper response to cave emergencies including use of the rescue haul system (use of which will positively exclude any gear hauling) before leading any trips which begin 60 days after adoption of this policy. 
3. The rescue committee will conduct or designate someone to conduct emergency response procedures and haul system training (and do system inspection/maintenance) twice a year starting in 2005 and three times in the last half of 2004 to train existing and prospective trip leaders.  Any CCC member can attend.  Attendance is encouraged for those making several trips per year.
4. If or when the haul system changes in a significant way, e.g. to a winch system, then re-qualification will be required. 
5. All trip leaders will be qualified for the balance of the calendar year in which they are trained and for the next two calendar years.  If a trip leader ceases to be a trip leader due to not making one trip per year or for any other reason, then re-qualification will be required.