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NASAR SARTECH II EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
search - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔an operation using
available personnel and facilities to locate persons in
distress
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 basic categories of search and rescue skills training -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔search, rescue, survival/support
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)
List organizations involved in developing standards and
regulations - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA), National Fire
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Protection Association (NFPA), ASTM International,
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), American
National Standards Institute (ANSI)
National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
characteristics - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔national level
education and certification for SAR responders and
teams
Mountain Rescue Association characteristics -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔mountain search and rescue
techniques
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) characteristics - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔youth cadet program, development of air search,
provide transportation (US Air Force)
US Coast Guard Auxiliary characteristics - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔volunteer boats and aircrafts for sar
USA Freedom Corps characteristics - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔created after 9/11 to protect and support local
responders, raises service opportunities
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Citizen Corps characteristics - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔answer questions and coordinate volunteer activities
to prepare for emergency situations (FEMA and USA
Freedom Corps)
Community Emergency Response Teams characteristics -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔incase first responders do not
arrive on time, citizens can assist, citizens are trained
and organized
International SAR organizations and describe their roles
in search and rescue - ...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)
5 International Stages of SAR - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Preplanning
Awareness
Planning
Operations
Conclusion
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awareness - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔info that someone
needs assistance which can be an indication of action
needed
Initial action: evaluate and gain more info (uncertainty,
alert, and distress)
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
planning - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔planning is critical to the
success, location and situation for searching
operations - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔locate, access,
stabilize, and transport
4 Phases (LAST) - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Locate
Access
Stabilize
Transport
NASAR SARTECH II EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
search - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔an operation using
available personnel and facilities to locate persons in
distress
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 basic categories of search and rescue skills training -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔search, rescue, survival/support
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)
List organizations involved in developing standards and
regulations - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA), National Fire
,2|Page
Protection Association (NFPA), ASTM International,
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), American
National Standards Institute (ANSI)
National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
characteristics - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔national level
education and certification for SAR responders and
teams
Mountain Rescue Association characteristics -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔mountain search and rescue
techniques
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) characteristics - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔youth cadet program, development of air search,
provide transportation (US Air Force)
US Coast Guard Auxiliary characteristics - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔volunteer boats and aircrafts for sar
USA Freedom Corps characteristics - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔created after 9/11 to protect and support local
responders, raises service opportunities
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Citizen Corps characteristics - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔answer questions and coordinate volunteer activities
to prepare for emergency situations (FEMA and USA
Freedom Corps)
Community Emergency Response Teams characteristics -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔incase first responders do not
arrive on time, citizens can assist, citizens are trained
and organized
International SAR organizations and describe their roles
in search and rescue - ...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)
5 International Stages of SAR - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Preplanning
Awareness
Planning
Operations
Conclusion
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awareness - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔info that someone
needs assistance which can be an indication of action
needed
Initial action: evaluate and gain more info (uncertainty,
alert, and distress)
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
planning - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔planning is critical to the
success, location and situation for searching
operations - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔locate, access,
stabilize, and transport
4 Phases (LAST) - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Locate
Access
Stabilize
Transport
