SAR TECH III CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Rescue. 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. Answer: search,
rescue, and survival/support
⩥ Search and Rescue. Answer: the act of finding and returning to safety
the survivors from an emergency incident
⩥ The National SAR Committee (NSARC) sponsors and oversees the.
Answer: U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP)
⩥ Federal SAR coordinator for all inland SAR. Answer: U.S. Air Force
⩥ U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP). 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). Answer:
Supplement to the IAMSAR (International Aeronautical and Maritime
Search and Rescue) Manual
⩥ Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs). Answer: emergency
transmitters that are carried aboard most general aviation aircraft in the
U.S. In the event of an aircraft accident
⩥ Cospas-Sarsat. Answer: an international search and rescue system that
uses satellites to detect and locate emergency beacons
⩥ Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs). 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). Answer:
devices that sends a distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is
triggered during an accident.
⩥ Local User Terminal (LUT). Answer: satellite receiving units are the
ground stations that receive emergency beacon distress alerts
⩥ Mission Control Center (MCC). Answer: type of clearinghouse
responsible for receiving and distributing distress signal alerts from
emergency position-indicating radiobeacon stations.
, ⩥ The National Response Plan (NRP) Administrator. Answer: The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) administers this SAR plan
⩥ The domestic land SAR service provider (outside of national parks).
Answer: state and local authorities or SAR units provide SAR
jurisdiction
⩥ Criteria for Amber Alert. Answer: (1) confirmed abduction by law
enforcement (2) imminent danger (3) description of child
⩥ ICS function that approves the ordering of additional resources.
Answer: ICS Command Function
⩥ ICS Planning Function. Answer: Maintains and displays situation
status
⩥ Provides treatment of injured SAR workers. Answer: Function of ICS
Logistics
⩥ Standardization of job titles in ICS. Answer: Process that identifies to
which level of the ICS organization a person is assigned
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Rescue. 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. Answer: search,
rescue, and survival/support
⩥ Search and Rescue. Answer: the act of finding and returning to safety
the survivors from an emergency incident
⩥ The National SAR Committee (NSARC) sponsors and oversees the.
Answer: U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP)
⩥ Federal SAR coordinator for all inland SAR. Answer: U.S. Air Force
⩥ U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP). 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). Answer:
Supplement to the IAMSAR (International Aeronautical and Maritime
Search and Rescue) Manual
⩥ Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs). Answer: emergency
transmitters that are carried aboard most general aviation aircraft in the
U.S. In the event of an aircraft accident
⩥ Cospas-Sarsat. Answer: an international search and rescue system that
uses satellites to detect and locate emergency beacons
⩥ Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs). 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). Answer:
devices that sends a distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is
triggered during an accident.
⩥ Local User Terminal (LUT). Answer: satellite receiving units are the
ground stations that receive emergency beacon distress alerts
⩥ Mission Control Center (MCC). Answer: type of clearinghouse
responsible for receiving and distributing distress signal alerts from
emergency position-indicating radiobeacon stations.
, ⩥ The National Response Plan (NRP) Administrator. Answer: The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) administers this SAR plan
⩥ The domestic land SAR service provider (outside of national parks).
Answer: state and local authorities or SAR units provide SAR
jurisdiction
⩥ Criteria for Amber Alert. Answer: (1) confirmed abduction by law
enforcement (2) imminent danger (3) description of child
⩥ ICS function that approves the ordering of additional resources.
Answer: ICS Command Function
⩥ ICS Planning Function. Answer: Maintains and displays situation
status
⩥ Provides treatment of injured SAR workers. Answer: Function of ICS
Logistics
⩥ Standardization of job titles in ICS. Answer: Process that identifies to
which level of the ICS organization a person is assigned
