SAR Fundamentals/Day 3 start up/Content Review

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  1. How can you tell which way is uphill on a topo map?

  2. On a topographic map, how would an impassible elevation change appear?



  3. Many things in your first aid kit can be improvised using other materials. Name something that can't be improvised.

  4. What is the first sign of hypothermia?



  5. Who calls the lift or lower during a stretcher carry?

  6. What methods/tools are useful to document activities, evidence or clues?

  7. What is the easting of the central meridian of every UTM zone?

  8. How many digits are there in a full easting?



  9. On a 1:50,000 topo map, how many centimeters would represent 1 km?

  10. Are true north and magnetic north the same thing?

  11. How many people should be reporting to one person in a "Span of Control"?

  12. Besides a 24-hr ready pack, what could you bring to a search?

  13. How many people should you pack your ready pack for?



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