SAR Fundamentals/Day 3 start up/Content Review

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  1. What does it mean when contour lines get closer together


  2. What are the brown lines on a topo map called?




  3. What are the 3 system in the body affected by hypothermia?


  4. What are the 5 methods of heat loss from the body?




  5. How many digits of the abbreviated easting and northing do you give for a location on a topo map?


  6. Which did you state first, the Easting or the Northing?




  7. What are 3 ways that a map's scale may be shown on a map?


  8. Who calls the lift or lower during a stretcher carry?


  9. When do you finish gathering background information about the lost subject?


  10. What methods/tools are useful to document activities, evidence or clues?


  11. What is the weight distribution for a proper pack?


  12. Why are packs that have frames better as a ready pack?




  13. Are true north and magnetic north the same thing?


  14. You have been called to help with a search. To whom do you first report when you arrive at the command post?


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