SAR Fundamentals/Navigation/Overview

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Contents 1 Subject 2 Authors 3 Scope 4 Prerequisites 5 Objectives 6 Time Plan 7 Aids 8 Question bank 9 Frequently Asked Questions 10 Feedback 11 License 12 Reference Material 13 Notes 14 To Do

Subject

What is this lesson plan about?

Provides an overview of the navigation objectives of SAR Fundamentals.

Authors

List who wrote this lesson plan.

Brett Wuth

Scope

What is included in this lesson, what's not and why.

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"

Prerequisites

What should students already know/have accomplished before the lesson is presented.

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

Time	Material
00:00 3 min	Introduce topic title Introduce Instructor Present Objectives
00:03 3 min	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.
00:06 5 min	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
00:11 2 min	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
00:13 1 min	Navigation training is split over several days You will lose your skills if you do not practice them.

Aids

What materials are needed or useful in presenting this lesson.

What materials are needed or useful in presenting this lesson.

• 82G/8 and 82H/5 for each pair of students
• plenty of table space
• overhead projector
• screen
• slides of topo maps
• Ralph Eckman 2013-01
• Image:Nav Overview Cj2013.pdf

Question bank

List of questions suitable for an review/exam of this section.

See Question bank

Frequently Asked Questions

What are some of the questions that students typically ask. Include the answers.

Feedback

When has this lesson been presented. What was the feedback.

License

What can others do with this lesson?

Copyright © 2012-2013, Brett Wuth.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

Reference Material

If you need to cite sources, do so here.

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Notes

Any additional notes, etc.

To Do

(review: Brett Wuth)

• get Chris' slides