SAR Fundamentals/Evening 4 start-up/Content Review
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- Will a GPS work well in heavy fog?
- What does declination mean?
- How accurate (in meters) is a GPS with and without WAAS?
- If you wanted as close to 100% POD as possible, what type of search would you use?
- What does a confinement team do?
- What is a search cube?
- What additional considerations are involved in a night search?
- When performing a Widely-Spaced Sound Sweep, how far apart are the searchers?
- What are the 5 basic categories of clues? Give an example of each.
- Can pacing be practical when measuring distance?
- What is your best survival tool?
- What are 3 major contributors to loss of water in the body for SAR workers?
- What is the inner layer of clothing used for
- What are 5 mechanisms by which your body looses heat?
- What is a "cat hole" used for?
- How deep should a "cat hole" be?
- How can you determine how far away lightening is?
- Many things in your first aid kit can be improvised using other materials. Name something that can't be improvised.
- What is the first sign of hypothermia?
- Using a rope, what is the best way to cross a river?
- True or False? The narrowest part of a river or stream is usually the best place to cross.
- Name some items of SAR technology.
- What are the two most common animals used in SAR?
- When conducting a search of a building why must each floor be secured?
- How are multistory buildings searched?
- Which call sign is said first - your station or the station you're calling?
- What is the spoken word for distress in radio communications?
