SAR Fundamentals/Navigation instruments theory

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1.75hr - 09:30 - 11:30

includes break

0.25 - 10:30-10:45

SAR Fundamentals Ch.13 "Navigation"

Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

stride count

compass

GPS

GPS component covers up to 1:13 of the attached lesson plan
- Waypoints are not an essential skill for using GPS. Students should be recording locations on paper, and should be able to estimate relative direction and distance to a new location.
  - This material can be covered in additional material presented by a SAR group outside the SAR Fundamentals course.

GPS