SAR Fundamentals/Day 3 start up/Content Review

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  1. A brown line on a topo map says 4500. Which direction is downhill?


  2. How do you tell the elevation difference between two adjacent brown lines on a topo map?




  3. What is the number one killer outdoors?


  4. Name the 3 degrees of freezing injuries.




  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 does a Northing represent?


  8. How many digits of a UTM does a GPS show you?




  9. What is the scale of the topo maps typically used in SAR, developed by the Canadian Government?


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


  11. When do you finish gathering background information about the lost subject?


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


  13. How many option of fire starting should you have?


  14. List three types of fire starter you could have in a ready pack.




  15. Due South is the same as how many degrees?


  16. What member of the ICS overhead team is responsible for coordinating resources?


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