so lessons haven’t been learnt? or simply more emphasis on well written (and adhered to) RAs?
So did anyone ever take up that bet?
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You’ve clearly never seen the tail end of the selection ‘run’…
The bit where 20% do an extra lap to run with the stragglers?
The bit where those who really didn’t know what they were there for just walk it in.
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Right, time to cancel all activities unless you have a WBGT thing.
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So I’ve just realised that a heatwave is something that is defined (by the Met Office) by what happened rather than what is going to happen. Our policy now says all activities are EAL if they take place during a heat wave. Yet, the Met Office doesn’t forecast a heat wave, it’s something that is said to have happened after the fact.
ie, if the forecast is above 27C for 3 or more days, it not ‘declared’ a heat wave until the third day of meeting the criteria. So how can we use this for planning? Or are we using some other definition for a heat wave?
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And I get the whole ‘apply common sense’ thing with policy. But there are a lot of ‘you must’ in this policy, so you can only ignore adapt it so much…
Particularly when planning needs to be completed 6 weeks out.
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Anyone ordered a WBGT yet, or received any answers to questions such as the planning timescales?
Apparently it’s not just a case of getting hold of one. You need to be trained on it too!
And let me guess, training is paused due to an omission in the training of regulars…
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Who knows 
We’ve also been told the following too RE EAL:
• It is highly unlikely that any activity will be classed as an EAL if the WRT being consulted for the event suggests the activity is EASY or MODERATE WORK
• The IBN outlined the need for activity that was very physically demanding such as (but not limited to) potentially some elements of D of E Expeditions, AT, Road Marching and Sport to be categorised as EAL. There is no firm definition of an EAL. The vast majority of the activities and training undertaken by cadets will not fall into that category. An EAL activity requires a ‘location specific’ accurate WBGT measurement to be applied and recorded. Although it is incumbent upon the Activity Commander to decide whether an EAL exists staff should seek guidance from RHQ if they feel an activity will be physically demanding enough to warrant designation as a EAL. For all other levels of activity, a MOMIDS forecast is sufficient, where access to a WBGT is not available.
So basically ignore the “for example” bit on policy where it lists examples of EAL, as essentially, nothing is EAL.
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So has anyone raised yet that we can only get MOMIDs forecasts a maximum of 5 days in advance (and two days in most places)?
I’ll forward you what was sent out in LaSER, you might find it interesting.
That is an eminently sensible approach - it should be duplicated, word for word, across all regions.
Yeah, it’s very good. It really should have been a part of the IBN. It lays out a nice timeline (1 month ish) to move over to the new quals and approval process. And it says what to do with activities already approved.
I’ve always liked our TSA to be fair. Generally sensible on how to apply MOD policy to cadet activities!
They aren’t really new though. We have had to do MOD1 and MOD2 since last year sometime.
Yeah, that should be ‘new’ in air quotes 
The course still doesn’t work properly on Learn though. And AFAIK is still not recordable on SMS. So it might not be new, but it isn’t exactly implemented properly still.
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Also, pretty sure the Heat Illness course on Learn for cadets is new. I certainly hadn’t seen it before this week!
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Never seen that before, I wonder who produced it.