SAR Fundamentals/Lost person behaviour

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SAR Fundamentals Manual:
  • Ch.21 "Lost Person Behavior"
  • Appendix F "Lost Person Questionnaire"
Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.14 "Lost Person Behavior"
Lost person Questionnaire w/exercise

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At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:

  1. will be able to ...

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Total Time: 30 minutes

  • 2006-09: 40 minutes


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00:00

3 min

Introduce topic title

  • SAR Fundamentals chapter 21[3] or FOG SAR chapters 14[1]

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00:03


Why analyse lost person behaviour?

  • Helps refine search urgency / survivability profile
  • Helps know where to look first
  • Helps searchers know what terrain features to concentrate on
  • Helps searchers recognize clues
  • Helps decided how to attract subject
  • Helps determine how to interact with found subject



What information is needed?

  • Where, what direction is subject likely to head?
  • How far are they likely to travel?
  • How are they likely to have acted prior to their trouble?
  • How are they likely to act when once they realize their trouble?
  • How will they interact with each other?
  • How will they respond to search activities?
  • How knowledgable are they of this environment?
  • How skilled are they in this environment?



Sources of information

  • Family
  • Friends
  • Colleagues / Co-workers
  • Doctor, medical professionals
  • Police
  • Activity experts
  • Area experts
  • Statistics: general, local

Often conflicting



Statistics

What statistical categories can say

  • Range of distances from IPP where found
  • Variance from intended direction
  • Features often found in association with
  • Objects / features that attract
  • Typical root cause of trouble
  • Strategies used to get out of trouble
  • Reactions to searchers
  • Survival rates over time



Major categories

  • Children age 1-6
  • Children age 7-12
  • Youth age 13-15
  • Despondents
  • Psychotics
  • Mentally retarded
  • Alzheimer's
  • Hunters
  • Fishermen
  • Hikers
  • Mountain Bikers
  • Cross Country Skiers
  • Off Highway Vehicle Users
  • Miscellaneous Adults



Search team briefings

  • Not usually available for first assignment
  • Areas to focus on
  • Activities to watch for
  • How to approach



Search strategies

  • Put yourself in subjects shoes, mindset, look through their eyes
  • Look at things from their height
  • What would attract you?
  • What would you do?
  • Use 2 examples from powerpoint slides



Family liaison

  • Frequent role
  • Understand family dynamic
  • Get complete story
  • Past incidents



Overhead team support

  • Compile behaviour information
  • Summarize on briefining information



Done


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  • 2006-09-16 Wuth presentation at PCSAR SAR Fundamentals

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Original content copyright © 2006-2013, 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

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  • [1] SAR Skills Handbook: FOG SAR, Field Operating Guide To Search and Rescue, Richard Smith et al., (c) ERI Canada et al., 2003, first edition, ISBN 0-9734135-0-6, chapter 14
  • [2] some material from Jake Waiboer developed for this section, provided personally.
  • [3] Search and Rescue Fundamentals: Basic Skills and Knowledge to Perform Wilderness, Inland, Search and Rescue, D. Cooper et al., 3rd Edition, revised., (c) 1996 Emergency Response Institute, Inc. et al., ISBN 0-913724-37-8, chapters 21
  • [4] Overhead slides distributed for [3]
  • [5] Instructor's Outline for Search and Rescue Fundamentals, Draft only for Provisional Use, Donald C. Cooper, Emergency Response Institude, Inc., and National Rescue Consultants, Inc., 4537 Foxhall Drive, N.E., Olympia, WA 98506, pg 141-144
  • [6] "SAR SKILLS V1.ppt" Powerpoint presentation distributed for [1]. dated Feb 8, 2005, size: 29,540,352, slides 269-322

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