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Questions and Correct Answers
Lost Person Behavior (LPB) data provides search planners with general indications
of the following with the exception of
How quickly they will be located by trained searchers
Clues and evidence should be
reported and processed following AHJ SOGs and properly documented and
secured in a food grade plastic storage bag
Smelling smoke from a campfire when looking for a pair of missing hikers or
finding a small toy during a search for a child are what type of clues?
Physical
Who is responsible for establishing a "safety first" mindset during search
operations?
The Safety Officer
,The National SAR Committee (NSARC) is responsible for coordinating and
improving federal involvment in civil search and rescue. Its member agencies
include the following agences:
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Department of Defence
The Department of Interior
Federal Communications Commission
The Department of Commerce
The LPQ, maps, statistical data, weather reports, theoretical and search data are
considered
Planning Data
Search planners use the subject behavioral profile for a number of reasons:
Determining search strategy
defining the search area
estimating resource needs
mapping the search area
briefing search teams
A Search Urgency Form
, justifies the initial actions such as performing additional investigation or calling
out search resources
POD Estimates, Map or Trail updates that might be needed, hazard areas not
included in the safety briefing, thoughts and impressions from the team members
A complete debriefing of a team when they return from a task is critical to
understanding how how well they were able to search their area. A good
debriefing should include all of the following.
Notification of a search assignment to the search team, and notification of a
search assignment to the team members
Notification of a search is separated into the following categories
Indirect
a loose grid is what type of search tactic
direct them to the agency having jurisdiction
when approached by the media, searchers should
Local law enforcement and OEM
Questions and Correct Answers
Lost Person Behavior (LPB) data provides search planners with general indications
of the following with the exception of
How quickly they will be located by trained searchers
Clues and evidence should be
reported and processed following AHJ SOGs and properly documented and
secured in a food grade plastic storage bag
Smelling smoke from a campfire when looking for a pair of missing hikers or
finding a small toy during a search for a child are what type of clues?
Physical
Who is responsible for establishing a "safety first" mindset during search
operations?
The Safety Officer
,The National SAR Committee (NSARC) is responsible for coordinating and
improving federal involvment in civil search and rescue. Its member agencies
include the following agences:
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Department of Defence
The Department of Interior
Federal Communications Commission
The Department of Commerce
The LPQ, maps, statistical data, weather reports, theoretical and search data are
considered
Planning Data
Search planners use the subject behavioral profile for a number of reasons:
Determining search strategy
defining the search area
estimating resource needs
mapping the search area
briefing search teams
A Search Urgency Form
, justifies the initial actions such as performing additional investigation or calling
out search resources
POD Estimates, Map or Trail updates that might be needed, hazard areas not
included in the safety briefing, thoughts and impressions from the team members
A complete debriefing of a team when they return from a task is critical to
understanding how how well they were able to search their area. A good
debriefing should include all of the following.
Notification of a search assignment to the search team, and notification of a
search assignment to the team members
Notification of a search is separated into the following categories
Indirect
a loose grid is what type of search tactic
direct them to the agency having jurisdiction
when approached by the media, searchers should
Local law enforcement and OEM
