SARTECH II QUESTIONS | PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027
Search - correct answer ✔✔Location of persons in distress
Rescue - correct answer ✔✔retrieval and initial care for a person in distress along with their
delivery to a place of safety
Fundamental skills for search and rescue training - correct answer ✔✔search, rescue, and
survival/support
Search and Rescue - correct answer ✔✔the act of finding and returning to safety the survivors
from an emergency incident
The National SAR Committee (NSARC) sponsors and oversees the - correct answer ✔✔U.S.
National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP)
Federal SAR coordinator for all inland SAR - correct answer ✔✔U.S. Air Force
U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP) - correct answer ✔✔Plan to provide guidance to
agencies for coordinating civil SAR services to meet domestic and international commitments
The National Search and Rescue Supplement (NSS) - correct answer ✔✔Supplement to the
IAMSAR (International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue) Manual
Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) - correct answer ✔✔emergency transmitters that are
carried aboard most general aviation aircraft in the U.S. In the event of an aircraft accident
,Cospas-Sarsat - correct answer ✔✔an international search and rescue system that uses
satellites to detect and locate emergency beacons
Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) - correct answer ✔✔Devices used by individuals to send its
signal to a network of satellites, which then relay your location to rescue personnel
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) - correct answer ✔✔devices that sends a
distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is triggered during an accident.
Local User Terminal (LUT) - correct answer ✔✔satellite receiving units are the ground stations
that receive emergency beacon distress alerts
Mission Control Center (MCC) - correct answer ✔✔type of clearinghouse responsible for
receiving and distributing distress signal alerts from emergency position-indicating radiobeacon
stations.
The National Response Plan (NRP) Administrator - correct answer ✔✔The Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) administers this SAR plan
The domestic land SAR service provider (outside of national parks) - correct answer ✔✔state
and local authorities or SAR units provide SAR jurisdiction
Criteria for Amber Alert - correct answer ✔✔(1) confirmed abduction by law enforcement (2)
imminent danger (3) description of child
ICS function that approves the ordering of additional resources - correct answer ✔✔ICS
Command Function
ICS Planning Function - correct answer ✔✔Maintains and displays situation status
, Provides treatment of injured SAR workers - correct answer ✔✔Function of ICS Logistics
Standardization of job titles in ICS - correct answer ✔✔Process that identifies to which level of
the ICS organization a person is assigned
The type of a resource relates to - correct answer ✔✔the level of skill and capability of a
resource
primary ICS management functions - correct answer ✔✔Command, Operations, Planning,
Logistics, and Finance
Number of Incident Bases - correct answer ✔✔One
Incident Action Plan - correct answer ✔✔plan that provides specific tactical direction for a
designated operational period
Strike Team requirements - correct answer ✔✔same kind and type of resources, leader, and
common communications
Task Force requirements include - correct answer ✔✔different kinds and types of resources
available resource's reporting location, time, and likely length of mission - correct answer
✔✔Incident Assignments Lists
Incident Command System - correct answer ✔✔A system implemented to manage disasters and
mass- and multiple-casualty incidents in which section chiefs, including finance, logistics,
operations, and planning, report to the incident commander. Also referred to as the incident
management system.
2026/2027
Search - correct answer ✔✔Location of persons in distress
Rescue - correct answer ✔✔retrieval and initial care for a person in distress along with their
delivery to a place of safety
Fundamental skills for search and rescue training - correct answer ✔✔search, rescue, and
survival/support
Search and Rescue - correct answer ✔✔the act of finding and returning to safety the survivors
from an emergency incident
The National SAR Committee (NSARC) sponsors and oversees the - correct answer ✔✔U.S.
National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP)
Federal SAR coordinator for all inland SAR - correct answer ✔✔U.S. Air Force
U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP) - correct answer ✔✔Plan to provide guidance to
agencies for coordinating civil SAR services to meet domestic and international commitments
The National Search and Rescue Supplement (NSS) - correct answer ✔✔Supplement to the
IAMSAR (International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue) Manual
Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) - correct answer ✔✔emergency transmitters that are
carried aboard most general aviation aircraft in the U.S. In the event of an aircraft accident
,Cospas-Sarsat - correct answer ✔✔an international search and rescue system that uses
satellites to detect and locate emergency beacons
Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) - correct answer ✔✔Devices used by individuals to send its
signal to a network of satellites, which then relay your location to rescue personnel
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) - correct answer ✔✔devices that sends a
distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is triggered during an accident.
Local User Terminal (LUT) - correct answer ✔✔satellite receiving units are the ground stations
that receive emergency beacon distress alerts
Mission Control Center (MCC) - correct answer ✔✔type of clearinghouse responsible for
receiving and distributing distress signal alerts from emergency position-indicating radiobeacon
stations.
The National Response Plan (NRP) Administrator - correct answer ✔✔The Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) administers this SAR plan
The domestic land SAR service provider (outside of national parks) - correct answer ✔✔state
and local authorities or SAR units provide SAR jurisdiction
Criteria for Amber Alert - correct answer ✔✔(1) confirmed abduction by law enforcement (2)
imminent danger (3) description of child
ICS function that approves the ordering of additional resources - correct answer ✔✔ICS
Command Function
ICS Planning Function - correct answer ✔✔Maintains and displays situation status
, Provides treatment of injured SAR workers - correct answer ✔✔Function of ICS Logistics
Standardization of job titles in ICS - correct answer ✔✔Process that identifies to which level of
the ICS organization a person is assigned
The type of a resource relates to - correct answer ✔✔the level of skill and capability of a
resource
primary ICS management functions - correct answer ✔✔Command, Operations, Planning,
Logistics, and Finance
Number of Incident Bases - correct answer ✔✔One
Incident Action Plan - correct answer ✔✔plan that provides specific tactical direction for a
designated operational period
Strike Team requirements - correct answer ✔✔same kind and type of resources, leader, and
common communications
Task Force requirements include - correct answer ✔✔different kinds and types of resources
available resource's reporting location, time, and likely length of mission - correct answer
✔✔Incident Assignments Lists
Incident Command System - correct answer ✔✔A system implemented to manage disasters and
mass- and multiple-casualty incidents in which section chiefs, including finance, logistics,
operations, and planning, report to the incident commander. Also referred to as the incident
management system.
