SAR Fundamentals/Evening 4 start-up/Content Review
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- When do you finish gathering background information about the lost subject?
- What four instruments are effective used for foot navigation in the wilderness?
- The difference between true north and magnetic north is known as?
- Will a GPS work well in heavy fog?
- What is a search cube?
- What additional considerations are involved in a night search?
- When performing a Widely-Spaced Sound Sweep, how far apart are the searchers?
- 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?
- Can pacing be practical when measuring distance?
- What is your best survival tool?
- What are 3 major contributors to loss of water in the body for SAR workers?
- True or False? Down keeps most of its insulation value when wet.
- The rate of heat transfer through clothing depends on three
factors. What are they?
- What is a "cat hole" used for?
- How deep should a "cat hole" be?
- Name some do's and don't's when dealing with wildlife.
- Which call sign is said first - your station or the station you're calling?
- What is the spoken word for distress in radio communications?
- What are some basic pieces of equipment used by SAR responders in
a water search?
- What do you do to your pack before crossing a stream or river?
- Name 4 different types of specialized vehicles used in SAR.
- What does PLB stand for? What does it do?
- When conducting a search of a building why must each floor be secured?
- How are multistory buildings searched?
- What is the number one killer outdoors?
- Name the 3 degrees of freezing injuries.
