SAR TECH III STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Lost Person Behavior (LPB) data provides search planners with general indications of the
following with the exception of - ANS How quickly they will be located by trained searchers
Clues and evidence should be - ANS reported and processed following AHJ SOGs and properly
documented and secured in a food grade plastic storage bag
Smelling smoke from a campfire when looking for a pair of missing hikers or finding a small toy
during a search for a child are what type of clues? - ANS Physical
Who is responsible for establishing a "safety first" mindset during search operations? -
ANS The Safety Officer
The National SAR Committee (NSARC) is responsible for coordinating and improving federal
involvment in civil search and rescue. Its member agencies include the following agences: -
ANS The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Department of Defence
The Department of Interior
Federal Communications Commission
The Department of Commerce
The LPQ, maps, statistical data, weather reports, theoretical and search data are considered -
ANS Planning Data
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, Search planners use the subject behavioral profile for a number of reasons: -
ANS Determining search strategy
defining the search area
estimating resource needs
mapping the search area
briefing search teams
A Search Urgency Form - ANS justifies the initial actions such as performing additional
investigation or calling out search resources
POD Estimates, Map or Trail updates that might be needed, hazard areas not included in the
safety briefing, thoughts and impressions from the team members - ANS A complete
debriefing of a team when they return from a task is critical to understanding how how well
they were able to search their area. A good debriefing should include all of the following.
Notification of a search assignment to the search team, and notification of a search assignment
to the team members - ANS Notification of a search is separated into the following categories
Indirect - ANS a loose grid is what type of search tactic
direct them to the agency having jurisdiction - ANS when approached by the media,
searchers should
Local law enforcement and OEM - ANS search and Rescue response at the local level is
coordinated by
ideally a search segment should be - ANS easily identifiable on both a map and the ground
Experienced, Well Equipped, Highly Mobile, clue conscious, through - ANS Hasty or efficient
searchers
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Lost Person Behavior (LPB) data provides search planners with general indications of the
following with the exception of - ANS How quickly they will be located by trained searchers
Clues and evidence should be - ANS reported and processed following AHJ SOGs and properly
documented and secured in a food grade plastic storage bag
Smelling smoke from a campfire when looking for a pair of missing hikers or finding a small toy
during a search for a child are what type of clues? - ANS Physical
Who is responsible for establishing a "safety first" mindset during search operations? -
ANS The Safety Officer
The National SAR Committee (NSARC) is responsible for coordinating and improving federal
involvment in civil search and rescue. Its member agencies include the following agences: -
ANS The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Department of Defence
The Department of Interior
Federal Communications Commission
The Department of Commerce
The LPQ, maps, statistical data, weather reports, theoretical and search data are considered -
ANS Planning Data
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, Search planners use the subject behavioral profile for a number of reasons: -
ANS Determining search strategy
defining the search area
estimating resource needs
mapping the search area
briefing search teams
A Search Urgency Form - ANS justifies the initial actions such as performing additional
investigation or calling out search resources
POD Estimates, Map or Trail updates that might be needed, hazard areas not included in the
safety briefing, thoughts and impressions from the team members - ANS A complete
debriefing of a team when they return from a task is critical to understanding how how well
they were able to search their area. A good debriefing should include all of the following.
Notification of a search assignment to the search team, and notification of a search assignment
to the team members - ANS Notification of a search is separated into the following categories
Indirect - ANS a loose grid is what type of search tactic
direct them to the agency having jurisdiction - ANS when approached by the media,
searchers should
Local law enforcement and OEM - ANS search and Rescue response at the local level is
coordinated by
ideally a search segment should be - ANS easily identifiable on both a map and the ground
Experienced, Well Equipped, Highly Mobile, clue conscious, through - ANS Hasty or efficient
searchers
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