Access to remote environments requires planning, trained people, appropriate equipment and clear expectations.
NBM's model treats transportation as a professional field operation. Participants are not being sold an off-road driving experience. The vehicles exist to get people to places where observation and learning can occur.
Programs begin with a briefing and participant orientation. Drivers operate within defined procedures, routes are planned, conditions are evaluated, and communications and contingencies are considered before the group enters the field.
Trained drivers, role clarity, route familiarity and operating expectations.
Vehicle procedures, restraints, entering and exiting, field conduct and emergency expectations.
Weather, terrain, road or trail conditions, access limitations and turnaround decisions.
A communications plan appropriate to remote areas where normal cellular coverage may be unreliable.
Field support equipment and operational contingencies appropriate to the program.
Program planning considers the practical realities of a mixed group spending a full day in a remote environment.