SAR Fundamentals/Evening 4 start-up/Content Review
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- On a search, are you more likely to become physically or mentally tired first?
- What does declination mean?
- How accurate (in meters) is a GPS with and without WAAS?
- Is a GPS effective in a heavy blizzard?
- What are the 5 basic categories of clues? Give an example of each.
- 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.
- Can pacing be practical when measuring distance?
- What are the components of physical conditioning? (hint: SAFE)
- In a survival situation, which of the necessities of life should be
a person's highest priority?
- What are 5 mechanisms by which your body looses heat?
- What percent of you body heat do you lose from your head?
- What can you potentially get from untreated water?
- How long should water be boiled to be safe to drink?
- List 2 potential hazards when SAR responds to a disaster, with collapsed buildings.
- What is the proper radio term for "end of transmission. I expect a reply"?
- What is an advantage of duplex/repeater?
- Name some safety guidelines for a search near water?
- Is recovering a body an urgent matter?
- Name some items of SAR technology.
- What are the two most common animals used in SAR?
- True or False? A searcher can enter a person's yard without permission.
- When conducting a search of a building why must each floor be secured?
- What are some aggravating factors that can contribute to hypothermia?
- Name 4 of the "umbles" that are warnings of possible hypothermia.

