SAR Fundamentals/Lost person behaviour

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SAR Fundamentals Manual:

• Ch.21 "Lost Person Behavior"
• Appendix F "Lost Person Questionnaire"

Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.14 "Lost Person Behavior"

Lost person Questionnaire w/exercise

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1. will be able to ...

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Total Time: 30 minutes

• 2006-09: 40 min
• 2013-02: 48 min

should cut down

Time	Material
00:00 3 min	Introduce topic title SAR Fundamentals chapter 21[3] or FOG SAR chapters 14[1] Introduce Instructor Present Objectives Distribute lost person questionnaire
00:03 2 min	slide 270 Why analyse lost person behaviour? Helps refine search urgency / survivability profile Helps know where to look first Helps searchers know what terrain features to concentrate on Helps searchers recognize clues Helps decided how to attract subject Helps determine how to interact with found subject
00:05 3 min	slide 271 What information is needed? Where, what direction is subject likely to head? How far are they likely to travel? How are they likely to have acted prior to their trouble? How are they likely to act when once they realize their trouble? How will they interact with each other? How will they respond to search activities? How knowledgeable are they of this environment? How skilled are they in this environment?
00:08 3 min	Sources of information Family Friends Colleagues / Co-workers Doctor, medical professionals Police Activity experts Area experts Statistics: general, local Often conflicting
00:11 3 min	slide 272 Statistics What statistical categories can say Range of distances from IPP where found Variance from intended direction Features often found in association with Objects / features that attract Typical root cause of trouble Strategies used to get out of trouble Reactions to searchers Survival rates over time
00:14 1 min	Major categories There are lots of different categories. More information than can be memorized. Overhead team uses reference books and charts to collate this information. Skim over slides. Show some highlights. Children age 1-6 Children age 7-12 Youth age 13-15 Despondents Psychotics Mentally retarded Alzheimer's Hunters Fishermen Hikers Mountain Bikers Cross Country Skiers Off Highway Vehicle Users Miscellaneous Adults
00:15 4 min	Example: Children 1-6 slide 274 slide 275 slide 276
00:19 4 min	Example: Alzheimer sufferers slide 293 slide 294 slide 295 slide 296
00:25 3 min	slide 304 slide 305 slide 306
00:28 1 min	Search team briefings Not usually available for first assignment Areas to focus on Activities to watch for How to approach
00:29 2 min	slide 273 Search strategies Put yourself in subjects shoes, mindset, look through their eyes Look at things from their height What would attract you? What would you do? Use 2 examples from powerpoint slides
00:31 1 min	Family liaison Frequent role Understand family dynamic Get complete story Past incidents Complete lost person questionnaire
00:32 1 min	Overhead team support Compile behaviour information Summarize on briefining information
00:33	Done

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• non-publishable material
• video projector
• laptop
• SAR SKILLS V1.1.pdf, slides for FOG SAR instructors, page 269-322
• PCSAR DOC-13 Lost/Missing Person Report and Search Results
• Chapter 21 outline Jorgensen/Waiboer
• Training/Ideas/Lost person behaviour

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See Question bank

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• 2006-09-16 Wuth presentation at PCSAR SAR Fundamentals
• 2015-03-07 Wuth presentation at PCSAR/LASARA SAR Fundamentals

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Original content copyright © 2006-2013, Brett Wuth.

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• [1] SAR Skills Handbook: FOG SAR, Field Operating Guide To Search and Rescue, Richard Smith et al., (c) ERI Canada et al., 2003, first edition, ISBN 0-9734135-0-6, chapter 14
• [2] some material from Jake Waiboer developed for this section, provided personally.
• [3] Search and Rescue Fundamentals: Basic Skills and Knowledge to Perform Wilderness, Inland, Search and Rescue, D. Cooper et al., 3rd Edition, revised., (c) 1996 Emergency Response Institute, Inc. et al., ISBN 0-913724-37-8, chapters 21
• [4] Overhead slides distributed for [3]
• [5] Instructor's Outline for Search and Rescue Fundamentals, Draft only for Provisional Use, Donald C. Cooper, Emergency Response Institude, Inc., and National Rescue Consultants, Inc., 4537 Foxhall Drive, N.E., Olympia, WA 98506, pg 141-144
• [6] "SAR SKILLS V1.ppt" Powerpoint presentation distributed for [1]. dated Feb 8, 2005, size: 29,540,352, slides 269-322

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• Reorganize slides to match presentation order
• Develop case studies

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