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.
- Name and describe the principal characteristic of the 5 types of active search techniques.
- How far apart are searchers in a type 3 search?
- 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?
- Can pacing be practical when measuring distance?
- What's the minimum amount of hours of sleep a responder should have?
- What are the 4 mental steps of emergency management? (Hint - STOP)
- What percent of you body heat do you lose from your head?
- What are the layers in layered clothing? What does each layer do?
- Should you drink water straight out of a stream?
- What can you potentially get from untreated water?
- What are a few things do's and don't if you encounter a
bear?
- What direction should you point your antenna?
- What is the proper radio term for "end of transmission. I expect a reply"?
- What do you do to your pack before crossing a stream or river?
- Why are water searches considered high urgency?
- Name some items of SAR technology.
- What are the two most common animals used in SAR?
- What is the next step after completing the search of a floor of a building?
- When searching for a child in an urban setting, how should the residence be treated?
- At what body temperature (degrees Celsius) is hypothermia considered severe?
- What is the number one killer outdoors?
