SAR Fundamentals/Evening 4 start-up/Content Review

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  1. When do you finish gathering background information about the lost subject?


  2. Will a GPS work well in heavy fog?


  3. What does declination mean?




  4. How accurate (in meters) is a GPS with and without WAAS?




  5. After how much time does quality of searching begin to wane for an individual?


  6. How many active search techniques are there for searching by foot?




  7. If you wanted as close to 100% POD as possible, what type of search would you use?




  8. What does a confinement team do?




  9. What is a search cube?




  10. What additional considerations are involved in a night search?




  11. Can pacing be practical when measuring distance?


  12. In a survival situation, which of the necessities of life should be a person's highest priority?


  13. What is the body's normal temperature?




  14. What is the inner layer of clothing used for


  15. What are 5 mechanisms by which your body looses heat?




  16. How long should water be boiled to be safe to drink?


  17. What should you always carry for personal hygiene in case there is no water to wash with?




  18. How can you determine how far away lightening is?


  19. What is an advantage of duplex/repeater?


  20. What is an advantage of simplex?




  21. Name some safety guidelines for a search near water?


  22. Is recovering a body an urgent matter?




  23. What is the different between a tracking dog and an air scenting dog?


  24. Name the three types of trained search dogs




  25. When conducting a search of a building why must each floor be secured?


  26. How are multistory buildings searched?




  27. What do the 3 W's stand for in risk for hypothermia?


  28. What are some aggravating factors that can contribute to hypothermia?




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