SARTech II Questions
with correct questions
and answers
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[COMPANY NAME] [Company address]
,1. Search Answer: Location of persons in distress
2. Rescue Answer: retrieval and initial care for a person in distress along with their delivery to a place of
safety
3. Fundamental skills for search and rescue training Answer: search, rescue,
and survival/support
4. Search and Rescue Answer: the act of finding and returning to safety the survivors from an
emergency incident
5. The National SAR Committee (NSARC) sponsors and oversees the
Answer: U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP)
6. Federal SAR coordinator for all inland SAR Answer: U.S. Air Force
7. U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP) Answer: Plan to provide
guidance to agencies for coordinating civil SAR services to meet domestic and
international commitments
8. The National Search and Rescue Supplement (NSS) Answer: Supplement to
the IAMSAR (Interna- tional Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue) Manual
9. Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) Answer: emergency transmitters that are
carried aboard most general aviation aircraft in the U.S. In the event of an aircraft accident
10. Cospas-Sarsat Answer: an international search and rescue system that uses satellites to
detect and locate emergency beacons
11. Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) Answer: Devices used by individuals to send
its signal to a network of satellites, which then relay your location to rescue personnel
12. Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) Answer:
devices that sends a distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is triggered during an
accident.
13. Local User Terminal (LUT) Answer: satellite receiving units are the ground stations
that receive emergency beacon distress alerts
14. Mission Control Center (MCC) Answer: type of clearinghouse responsible for
receiving and distributing distress signal alerts from emergency position-indicating radiobeacon
stations.
15. The National Response Plan (NRP) Administrator Answer: The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) administers this SAR plan
16. The domestic land SAR service provider (outside of national
parks) Answer: state and local authorities or SAR units provide SAR jurisdiction
, 17. Criteria for Amber Alert Answer: (1) confirmed abduction by law
enforcement (2) imminent danger (3) description of child
18. ICS function that approves the ordering of additional resources
Answer: ICS Command Function
19. ICS Planning Function Answer: Maintains and displays situation status
with correct questions
and answers
usr
[COMPANY NAME] [Company address]
,1. Search Answer: Location of persons in distress
2. Rescue Answer: retrieval and initial care for a person in distress along with their delivery to a place of
safety
3. Fundamental skills for search and rescue training Answer: search, rescue,
and survival/support
4. Search and Rescue Answer: the act of finding and returning to safety the survivors from an
emergency incident
5. The National SAR Committee (NSARC) sponsors and oversees the
Answer: U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP)
6. Federal SAR coordinator for all inland SAR Answer: U.S. Air Force
7. U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP) Answer: Plan to provide
guidance to agencies for coordinating civil SAR services to meet domestic and
international commitments
8. The National Search and Rescue Supplement (NSS) Answer: Supplement to
the IAMSAR (Interna- tional Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue) Manual
9. Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) Answer: emergency transmitters that are
carried aboard most general aviation aircraft in the U.S. In the event of an aircraft accident
10. Cospas-Sarsat Answer: an international search and rescue system that uses satellites to
detect and locate emergency beacons
11. Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) Answer: Devices used by individuals to send
its signal to a network of satellites, which then relay your location to rescue personnel
12. Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) Answer:
devices that sends a distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is triggered during an
accident.
13. Local User Terminal (LUT) Answer: satellite receiving units are the ground stations
that receive emergency beacon distress alerts
14. Mission Control Center (MCC) Answer: type of clearinghouse responsible for
receiving and distributing distress signal alerts from emergency position-indicating radiobeacon
stations.
15. The National Response Plan (NRP) Administrator Answer: The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) administers this SAR plan
16. The domestic land SAR service provider (outside of national
parks) Answer: state and local authorities or SAR units provide SAR jurisdiction
, 17. Criteria for Amber Alert Answer: (1) confirmed abduction by law
enforcement (2) imminent danger (3) description of child
18. ICS function that approves the ordering of additional resources
Answer: ICS Command Function
19. ICS Planning Function Answer: Maintains and displays situation status
