The Original Search Management Course, 4th Edition, 1995.

All of the basic tenets necessary to manage a search are presented in 37 chapters, using a step-by-step format. This is a student text for the “Managing the Search Function” training course taught by provinces and states, the National Association for Search and Rescue, and the National and Provincial Park Services, or for ERI’s “Managing Search Operations” training course. Each chapter contains learning objectives, and an easy to follow content (a combination of outline, charts, checklists, and narrative).

This text is the original and complete authority on this subject. It is retained in its original context and supports a 40-hour course, or any shorter course variations.

Contents

• The National SAR Picture: An Overview
• The Philosophy and Concepts of Effective Search Management
• The Search Manager: The Job & Responsibilities
• Example Mission
• SAR Vulnerability Assessment
• SAR Statistics
• SAR Resources
• Preplanning: The Development of an Operational Preplan
• First Notice & Determining Urgency
• Planning Data / Searching Data
• Investigation & Interviewing
• Callout
• Lost Person Behavior
• Organizatin: Incident Command/Management
• Introduction to the Theory of Search Probabilities
• Establishing the Search Area
• Probability of Detection
• Review & Summary of Search Theory and It's Application
• The On-Scene "Plans" (Planning) Function
• Clue Orientation
• Applying SAR Resources
• Briefing & Debriefing
• Documentation
• Managing Search Base Operations
• Managing External Influences
• Rescue & Recovery
• Suspending the Mission
• Demobilization
• Post Mission
• Psychological & Stress Problems in SAR Management
• Legal Issues in SAR Mangement
• Preventive Search & Rescue
• Computers in Search
• Other SAR Environments
• Map Problems

314 pages, 8 1/2 * 11, loose-leaf, 3-hole punched

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