SAR TECH III PRACTICE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SET
●● What is the definition of "rescue"?
Answer: An operation using available resources to retrieve persons in
distress, to provide for their initial medical considerations and transport
to a safe environment.
●● List the components of SAR.
Answer: Preplanning
Notification
Planning/Strategy
Tactics/Operations
Suspension
Critique
Preplanning
●● What is the definition of "tactic"?
Answer: an action used to achieve an objective
●● What is "strategy"?
, Answer: the overall plan or series of actions which may involve
individual tactics
●● Describe the two stages of notification as described in the
components of SAR.
Answer: Notification of assignment to search team and notification of
assignment to the team member.
●● Define four core elements of the LAST acronym.
Answer: Locate, Access, Stabilize, Transport
●● Preplanning is necessary because it...
Answer: prepares you for the response and makes you aware of all
potential problems
●● What factors would require the suspension of a search?
Answer: If the subject is found safely or dead; if there is a lack of clues;
if there has been a complete expenditure of all resources or external
influences; or if there are no financial resources to continue.
●● What is the AFRCC and what is its function?
Answer: Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
It is the land rescue coordination center.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SET
●● What is the definition of "rescue"?
Answer: An operation using available resources to retrieve persons in
distress, to provide for their initial medical considerations and transport
to a safe environment.
●● List the components of SAR.
Answer: Preplanning
Notification
Planning/Strategy
Tactics/Operations
Suspension
Critique
Preplanning
●● What is the definition of "tactic"?
Answer: an action used to achieve an objective
●● What is "strategy"?
, Answer: the overall plan or series of actions which may involve
individual tactics
●● Describe the two stages of notification as described in the
components of SAR.
Answer: Notification of assignment to search team and notification of
assignment to the team member.
●● Define four core elements of the LAST acronym.
Answer: Locate, Access, Stabilize, Transport
●● Preplanning is necessary because it...
Answer: prepares you for the response and makes you aware of all
potential problems
●● What factors would require the suspension of a search?
Answer: If the subject is found safely or dead; if there is a lack of clues;
if there has been a complete expenditure of all resources or external
influences; or if there are no financial resources to continue.
●● What is the AFRCC and what is its function?
Answer: Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
It is the land rescue coordination center.
