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.
- After how much time does quality of searching begin to wane for an individual?
- How many active search techniques are there for searching by foot?
- If you wanted as close to 100% POD as possible, what type of search would you use?
- What does a confinement team do?
- What is a search cube?
- What additional considerations are involved in a night 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?
- What is a "cat hole" used for?
- How deep should a "cat hole" be?
- What are a few things do's and don't if you encounter a
bear?
- Which call sign is said first - your station or the station you're calling?
- What is the spoken word for distress in radio communications?
- Name some safety guidelines for a search near water?
- Is recovering a body an urgent matter?
- What are the drawbacks of battery powered devices?
- What is the different between a tracking dog and an air scenting dog?
- Name two hazards in sewers.
- Name some hazards in an urban SAR setting.
- Name 4 of the "umbles" that are warnings of possible hypothermia.
- What are the 3 system in the body affected by hypothermia?
