Incident Summary Form Task
From PCSAR
This page is intended to gather ideas for an eventual creation of an form for recording Incident Summaries. In the meantime, it is a useful description of what information could/should be in an Incident Summary.
Contents | 
design
- incident summary content
 - form with tick marks
 
content
statistics
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
 
 - relationship to other subjects
 
 - number of operational periods
 - number of searchers involved
 - person hours
 - other groups brought in.
 
subject's narrative
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
 
search narrative
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
 

