Search And Rescue (SAR) Flashcards
Provide the response for:
- overdue
- lost
- injured
- stranded
4 phases of SAR: S.A.M.E
Search
Access
Medical
Evacuate
The B.A.S.I.C.S. Of SAR management
Be ready
Activation
Start the six step operational cycle
Incident evolution
Conclusion
Situation review
Start the 6 step process:
SCORPA
Size up the situation
identify Contingencies
determine goals, Objectives
identify needed Resources
build a Plan and structure
take Action
SAR responder:
Being ready or willing to respond to a missing person or rescue incident.
T.E.A.M.
Together
Everyone
Achieves
More
Living up to the moto:
“These things we do, so that others may live.”
Eastings and Northings:
-Numbered using 2 digits
-Numbers start at 00
-Numbers end at 99
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North East
Three primary references on a map used to measure direction:
True North (TN)
Grid North (GN)
Magnetic North (MN)
Four cardinal points of a compass:
- “straight North” whether true, grid, or magnetic is always 000 degrees (or 360 degrees)
-East 090 degrees
-South 180 degrees
-West 270 degrees