SAR Fundamentals/Mock Search
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* if available, each group of students has one experienced searcher with them | * if available, each group of students has one experienced searcher with them | ||
* emphasize to experienced searcher that unlike previous training, Type 1 search is fast, hussle, no purposeful wandering | * emphasize to experienced searcher that unlike previous training, Type 1 search is fast, hussle, no purposeful wandering | ||
- | * Use call signs according to [http://saralberta.dnsalias.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Telecommunications_Standard the current SAR Alberta communications standard]. Instead of Team Alpha, Team Bravo, it's S1 (Sierra 1), S2 (Sierra 2). | + | * Use call signs according to [http://saralberta.dnsalias.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Telecommunications_Standard the current SAR Alberta communications standard]. Instead of Team Alpha, Team Bravo, it's S1 (Sierra 1), S2 (Sierra 2) for ground searchers. |
* each student gets a chance to take Team Leader role | * each student gets a chance to take Team Leader role | ||
** scheduled switching, called by overhead team | ** scheduled switching, called by overhead team |
Revision as of 19:38, 9 January 2013
- 19:00-22:00 evening
SAR Fundamentals issues
Issues related to mock search from SAR Fundamentals perspectives
- small groups of students, typically 2-4 students
- Please use the current version of our forms, as these are the ones we teach from.
- if available, each group of students has one experienced searcher with them
- emphasize to experienced searcher that unlike previous training, Type 1 search is fast, hussle, no purposeful wandering
- Use call signs according to the current SAR Alberta communications standard. Instead of Team Alpha, Team Bravo, it's S1 (Sierra 1), S2 (Sierra 2) for ground searchers.
- each student gets a chance to take Team Leader role
- scheduled switching, called by overhead team
- groups are ghosted by an evaluator
- ghosts can teach, but shouldn't participate
- ghosts may wander between student teams if there's not enough of them
- ghosts should have a separate radio channel to the overhead team, search planners
- ghosts should have map of segment boundaries
- Students tend to want to know in the critique the exact location of clues not found on mock
Suggestion for future mock searches:
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