New technicians and operators trained for the Army's mountain rescue teams

(To COMALP)
28/10/19

The Course for Military Alpine Rescue Operator (OSAM) and the Course for Military Alpine Rescue Technicians (TESAM) concluded on Friday 25 October with the delivery of diplomas at the "Cesare Battisti" Barracks of the Army Alpine Training Center. .

These figures, recently created, represent the will of the Army to prepare already qualified personnel of the Alpine Troops to ensure the right security framework for the Alpine troops in training and in operation and in the case required to guarantee employment in support of the civil protection system. . The selections for the OSAM course are accessible only to personnel who have achieved the qualifications of elite military ski instructor and elite military mountaineering instructor. The three intense weeks, divided between theoretical lessons in the classroom and lessons in the field, allowed the visitors to perfect their skills regarding the use of personal protective equipment and the organized search for victims of avalanche, and prepared them to operate in the 'scope of an "organized rescue", on the wall and on the glacier, through the use of mountain rescue techniques.

The TESAM course (2 weeks) is instead accessible only to personnel in possession of the patents of a Military Alpinism and Skiing Instructor, who has achieved the OSAM qualifications and Military Snow and Avalanche Expert (EMNV), and is aimed at training the future military mountain rescue technicians, these figures find their use in the Military Alpine Rescue Teams (SSAM).

Military personnel from all over the country came to the Alpine Training Center in Aosta to take part in the courses, led by the Ski Mountaineering Section of Courmayeur, the students were able to consolidate their knowledge in the area of ​​avalanche rescue, surface research, construction of anchorages on snow, ice rescue, winch use and rescue techniques in urbanized areas. The training of the operators of the SSAMs has as its final objective that of expanding the knowledge and operating techniques of the Alpine Army Troops, that is, self-sufficient rescue teams, which can be projected in complex mountainous terrain but also in urbanized areas, highly specialized in the combat-rescue sector.