SAR Fundamentals/Navigation/Overview

Subject
Provides an overview of the navigation objectives of SAR Fundamentals.

Authors
Brett Wuth

Scope
This lesson summarizes what navigation skills the students are expected to gain over the several days of SAR Fundamentals.

This lesson is an introduction to Navigation for SAR Fundamentals students. It is part of a larger 8 hour series of lessons.


 * SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
 * Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

Objectives
At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:
 * 1) will be able to list the navigation skills a SAR worker should have

Time Plan
Total Time: 15 minutes

Why we navigate
 * people get lost due to poor navigation, not us
 * describe where you searched

Introduce topic title

Introduce Instructor

Present Objectives


 * Navigation is essential skill for Search and Rescue workers
 * Knowing where you are
 * Being able to find yourself on a map
 * Being able to tell someone else where you are
 * Being able to describe where something is that you see
 * Understanding where you are asked to go
 * Being able to plan a route to get there

One of the most common problems in the field are searchers not being able to state where they are, followed by searcher headed in the wrong direction.


 * We will get you from novice to intermediate skills.

Intermediate skills:
 * map reading
 * being able to recognize the symbols and shadings on a topo map
 * reading the elevation and shape of land
 * choosing a route based on features of the land
 * UTM - stating a location in terms of numbers
 * measuring distance on a map
 * measuring direction on a map
 * triangulation
 * Field measurements
 * pacing distances
 * using a compass
 * using a GPS for finding your location

Advanced skills - not part of SAR Fundamentals:
 * GPS waypoints, tracks, uploading and downloading
 * latitude and longitude
 * Legal Land Description, Road Numbering System, Municipal Approach Numbering System


 * Navigation training is split over several days


 * You will lose your skills if you do not practice them.

Aids

 * 82G/8 and 82H/5 for each pair of students
 * plenty of table space
 * overhead projector
 * screen
 * slides of topo maps

Question bank
See

License
Copyright © 2012-2013, Brett Wuth.

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Reference Material
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To Do

 * get Chris' slides