Incident Summary Form Task

From PCSAR

• incident summary content
• form with tick marks
• what should it contain?
• information for statistics:
• month, day of week, and time of first call (trends)
• time from first call for help until PCSAR called
• if delay, why?
• distance found from IPP
• for each subject
  • lost person profile category
  • age & sex
  • condition found, treatment required
    • lost and headed in wrong direction
  • number of operational periods
  • number of searchers involved
  • person hours
  • other groups brought in.
  • the story from the subject's point of view
    • (suitable for preventive education)
    • went out at planning to do what
    • had what kind of trouble
    • how tried to get out of trouble
    • how responded to search effort
  • the story from PCSAR's point of view
    • (suitable for a case study)
    • what the initial information was
    • major search efforts
    • major changes in the search
    • rescue effort
    • major difficulties
    • other teams and organizations involved
    • difference between initial information and fact