SAR Fundamentals/Search techniques

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-	== Material covered ==	+	* {{subpage|Theory}}
-	: SAR Fundamentals Manual:	+	* {{subpage|Practical}}
-	:* Ch.17 "Search"	+
-	:* Ch.19 "Clue Consciousness"	+
-	: Basic SAR Skills Manual:	+
-	:* Ch.15 "Search Tactics and Resources"	+
-	:* Ch.16 "Search Principles & Techniques (How to Search)"	+
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-	== Time ==	+
-	: 3.25 hr	+
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-	Although this material itself is 3.25 hr	+
-	it's commonly combined with 1 hr [[SAR Fundamentals/Compass practical and pacing|Compass Practical]]	+
-	and taught in [[SAR Fundamentals/Search skills and compass practical|rotating stations]] over 4.5 hr (one afternoon).	+
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-	== Aids ==	+
-	* [[/Restricted|non-publishable material]]	+
-	* [[:Image:Search-techniques-lesson-plan.odt]]	+
-	* [[:Image:Search-techniques-rodeo-ground-briefing.pdf]]	+
-	* [[:Image:Search-techniques-rodeo-ground-map.pdf]]	+
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-	== Outline ==	+
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-	=== Search techniques ===	+
-	* searcher cube	+
-	* clue awareness (see lesson plan)	+
-	Don't use term: hasty search, hasty team	+
-		+
-	=== Type 1 search ===	+
-	1 hr	+
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-	Type 1: speed	+
-	* hustle	+
-	* look in obvious places	+
-	* calling	+
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-	Type 1 has changed a little since we first learned it. The focus	+
-	is much more on speed. Getting to where the subject might be fast.	+
-	Because it ends the search quickly. Because it's where they can't	+
-	wait to be found later -- e.g. washed up on the water's edge. So	+
-	hustle at a speed that can be maintained for the entire assignment.	+
-	A fast walk, maybe even a jog. Calling. Often a trail sweep.	+
-	But all members on the trail. None in the bush on the side -- that	+
-	would slow them down. Typically one focusing left, one focusing	+
-	right, maybe a third focusing ahead. Looking for the obvious --	+
-	"There she is! In the middle of the trail, waiting for us." If	+
-	you're too thorough in a Type 1 search, you're too slow. Some groups	+
-	set up deliberate hard-to-find clues when practicing Type 1 and if	+
-	they're found they know the searchers are being too thorough.	+
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-	We avoid calling Type 1 Searches a "Hasty Search" now because of	+
-	confusion with the term Hasty Team which doesn't necessary imply Hasty	+
-	Searches.	+
-		+
-	Basically it's explaining what a Type 1 search is. Then having a	+
-	team run a Type 1 search along the creek trail system and through	+
-	Dilmer Park (the small creek side park just east of the old water	+
-	treatment plant). The organizer may have set up some clues Saturday	+
-	morning.	+
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-	See the [[:Image:2010-03-07 14 46 28u-scan.pdf|map of the exercise area]]	+
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-		+
-	=== Type 2 search ===	+
-	Type 2: efficient	+
-	* purposeful wandering	+
-	* critical spacing	+
-	* sound sweep	+
-		+
-	=== Type 3 search ===	+
-	Type 3: effective	+
-	* grid search	+
-	* arms width apart	+
-	* spontaneous volunteers	+
-		+
-	=== Type 4 search ===	+
-	Type 4	+
-	* fine search	+
-	== Question bank ==	+
-	Q: What are the 5 basic categories of clues? Give an example of each.	+
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-	A:	+
-	* Physical - footprints	+
-	* people - witnesses	+
-	* records - trail register	+
-	* events - campfire smoke	+
-	* analytic - statistical behaviour	+
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-	Q: What additonal considerations are involved in a night search?	+
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-	A:	+
-	* extra safety considerations	+
-	* search slower	+
-	* Tunnelvision - need to slow down and focus on cube.	+
-	* careful with light (night vision)	+
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-		+
-	Q:	+
-	When does quality of searching begin to wane for an individual?	+
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-	A:	+
-	After 4 hours	+
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-	Q: What are the 3 heights for search zones?	+
-		+
-	A:	+
-	* Knees & below	+
-	* knees to neck	+
-	* above neck	+
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-	Q: What is a search cube?	+
-		+
-	A:	+
-	Look methodically up, down, left, right, forward and behind.	+
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-	Q: How far apart are searchers in a type 3 search?	+
-		+
-	A: Arm's length.	+
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-	Q: What is a sound sweep?	+
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-	A: Stop periodically in a type 2 search & call or whistle & listen carefully.	+
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-	Q: What does a confinement team do?	+
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-	A: Keep the subjects from getting further away.	+

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