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[COMPANY NAME] [Company address]
,1. search Answer: an operation using available personnel and facilities to locate persons in distress
2. rescue Answer: an operation to retrieve persons in distress provide for their initial medical or
other needs and deliver them to a place of safety
3. 3 basic categories of search and rescue skills training Answer: search,
rescue, survival/support
4. Describe course offerings of the US National Search and Rescue
School Answer: oceanic, costal, and inland search planning leadership procedures. Land and
air searches (wilderness)
5. List organizations involved in developing standards and regulations
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA), ASTM International, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), American
National Standards Institute (ANSI)
6. National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) characteristics
Answer: national level education and certification for SAR responders and teams
7. Mountain Rescue Association characteristics Answer: mountain search and
rescue techniques
8. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) characteristics Answer: youth cadet program, development of
air search, provide transportation (US Air Force)
9. US Coast Guard Auxiliary characteristics Answer: volunteer boats and aircrafts for
sar
10. USA Freedom Corps characteristics Answer: created after 9/11 to protect and
support local responders, raises service opportunities
11. Citizen Corps characteristics Answer: answer questions and coordinate
volunteer activities to prepare for emergency situations (FEMA and USA Freedom Corps)
12. Community Emergency Response Teams characteristics Answer:
incase first responders do not arrive on time, citizens can assist, citizens are trained and
organized
13. International SAR organizations and describe their roles in
search and res- cue Answer: Alpine Rescue (mountain SAR), International Climbing and
Mountaineering Federation (promotes growth and protection of mountaineering and climbing),
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (urban SAR/structural collapse issues)
14. 5 International Stages of SAR
,Answer: Preplanning Awareness
Planning
Operations
Conclusion
15. awareness Answer: info that someone needs assistance which can be an
indication of action needed Initial action Answer: evaluate and gain more info
(uncertainty, alert, and distress)
, 16. conclusion Answer: determined that no one is in distress, nothing was found or the search is
concluded, all resources are notified the mission is concluded
17. planning Answer: planning is critical to the success, location and situation for searching
18. operations Answer: locate, access, stabilize, and transport
19. 4 Phases (LAST)
Answer: Locate Access
Stabilize
Transport
20. Locate Answer: find an address to an extended search for a lost person
21. Access Answer: search is over, gain access and treat injuries, planning should be complete
and carried out
22. Stabilize Answer: physical, medical, and emotional, scene safety, situation must be stabilized.
First is medical manage- ment (exams, life support), next is emotional support and keeping the victim
calm so the rescuers and subject do not get hurt.
23. Transport Answer: stabilized subject must continue to be assessed and stable throughout
transportation, from walking on foot to helicopter transport (inform the subject what to expect)
24. Role of US National SAR Committee and its 2 Documents
Answer: responsible for the US National SAR Plan and the US National SAR Supplement
to the IAMSAR Manual
25. COSPAS-SARSAT System and Roles of 3 Major Types of Distress
Beacons Answer: - international humanitarian SAR system that uses satellites to detect and
locate emergency beacons carried by ships, aircraft, and individuals. Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacons (EPIRBs) for navy/water use, Emergency Locator Transmissions (ELTs) for air use, and Personal
Locator Beacons (PLBs) for individuals and land-based application
26. Federal SAR Coordinators for US and Regions of Responsibility
Answer: land SAR- US Air Force, maintains a recue coordination center in Florida. The region
of responsibility is to establish and provide SAR services and ensure that planning for these services
is properly coordinated
27. US National SAR Supplement to the IAMSAR Manual and 2
Current US Ad- dendums Answer: provides guidance to federal agencies concerning
implementation of the NSP. Land SAR Addendum is to provision of civil SAR services for persons in
distress or missing in the US on land or in an aircraft. Catastrophic Incident SAR Addendum is to
correct questions and
answers
usr
[COMPANY NAME] [Company address]
,1. search Answer: an operation using available personnel and facilities to locate persons in distress
2. rescue Answer: an operation to retrieve persons in distress provide for their initial medical or
other needs and deliver them to a place of safety
3. 3 basic categories of search and rescue skills training Answer: search,
rescue, survival/support
4. Describe course offerings of the US National Search and Rescue
School Answer: oceanic, costal, and inland search planning leadership procedures. Land and
air searches (wilderness)
5. List organizations involved in developing standards and regulations
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA), ASTM International, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), American
National Standards Institute (ANSI)
6. National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) characteristics
Answer: national level education and certification for SAR responders and teams
7. Mountain Rescue Association characteristics Answer: mountain search and
rescue techniques
8. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) characteristics Answer: youth cadet program, development of
air search, provide transportation (US Air Force)
9. US Coast Guard Auxiliary characteristics Answer: volunteer boats and aircrafts for
sar
10. USA Freedom Corps characteristics Answer: created after 9/11 to protect and
support local responders, raises service opportunities
11. Citizen Corps characteristics Answer: answer questions and coordinate
volunteer activities to prepare for emergency situations (FEMA and USA Freedom Corps)
12. Community Emergency Response Teams characteristics Answer:
incase first responders do not arrive on time, citizens can assist, citizens are trained and
organized
13. International SAR organizations and describe their roles in
search and res- cue Answer: Alpine Rescue (mountain SAR), International Climbing and
Mountaineering Federation (promotes growth and protection of mountaineering and climbing),
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (urban SAR/structural collapse issues)
14. 5 International Stages of SAR
,Answer: Preplanning Awareness
Planning
Operations
Conclusion
15. awareness Answer: info that someone needs assistance which can be an
indication of action needed Initial action Answer: evaluate and gain more info
(uncertainty, alert, and distress)
, 16. conclusion Answer: determined that no one is in distress, nothing was found or the search is
concluded, all resources are notified the mission is concluded
17. planning Answer: planning is critical to the success, location and situation for searching
18. operations Answer: locate, access, stabilize, and transport
19. 4 Phases (LAST)
Answer: Locate Access
Stabilize
Transport
20. Locate Answer: find an address to an extended search for a lost person
21. Access Answer: search is over, gain access and treat injuries, planning should be complete
and carried out
22. Stabilize Answer: physical, medical, and emotional, scene safety, situation must be stabilized.
First is medical manage- ment (exams, life support), next is emotional support and keeping the victim
calm so the rescuers and subject do not get hurt.
23. Transport Answer: stabilized subject must continue to be assessed and stable throughout
transportation, from walking on foot to helicopter transport (inform the subject what to expect)
24. Role of US National SAR Committee and its 2 Documents
Answer: responsible for the US National SAR Plan and the US National SAR Supplement
to the IAMSAR Manual
25. COSPAS-SARSAT System and Roles of 3 Major Types of Distress
Beacons Answer: - international humanitarian SAR system that uses satellites to detect and
locate emergency beacons carried by ships, aircraft, and individuals. Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacons (EPIRBs) for navy/water use, Emergency Locator Transmissions (ELTs) for air use, and Personal
Locator Beacons (PLBs) for individuals and land-based application
26. Federal SAR Coordinators for US and Regions of Responsibility
Answer: land SAR- US Air Force, maintains a recue coordination center in Florida. The region
of responsibility is to establish and provide SAR services and ensure that planning for these services
is properly coordinated
27. US National SAR Supplement to the IAMSAR Manual and 2
Current US Ad- dendums Answer: provides guidance to federal agencies concerning
implementation of the NSP. Land SAR Addendum is to provision of civil SAR services for persons in
distress or missing in the US on land or in an aircraft. Catastrophic Incident SAR Addendum is to
