SAR Fundamentals/Evening 4 start-up/Content Review
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- When do you finish gathering background information about the lost subject?
- How accurate (in meters) is a GPS with and without WAAS?
- Is a GPS effective in a heavy blizzard?
- Name 4 different types of instruments used to help navigate for ground SAR.
- What is a sound sweep?
- What are the 3 heights for search zones?
- What are the two categories of search techniques? Give an example of both.
- Describe a Type 4 search
- Name and describe the principal characteristic of the 5 types of active search techniques.
- How far apart are searchers in a type 3 search?
- Can pacing be practical when measuring distance?
- Why is it important for SAR workers to be in good physical and mental condition?
- The ability to critically self-reflect is an important element of survival? True or False.
- What percent of you body heat do you lose from your head?
- What are the layers in layered clothing? What does each layer do?
- How can chemically poisoned water be made safe to drink?
- Why is it important to stay well hydrated?
- What are a few things do's and don't if you encounter a
bear?
- What does the word "repeat" mean on the radio? How do you ask someone to repeat their last transmission?
- What phrase on the radio indicates an urgent safety message, but not an emergency?
- Is recovering a body an urgent matter?
- Using a rope, what is the best way to cross a river?
- Name some items of SAR technology.
- What are the two most common animals used in SAR?
- Name two hazards in sewers.
- Name some hazards in an urban SAR setting.
- At what body temperature (degrees Celsius) is hypothermia considered severe?
- What is the number one killer outdoors?
