SAR TECH III TEST BANK WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS 2026
• search . Answer: an operation using available personnel and facilities
to locate persons in distress
• rescue . Answer: an operation to retrieve persons in distress provide for
their initial medical or other needs and deliver them to a place of safety
• 3 basic categories of search and rescue skills training . Answer: search,
rescue, survival/support
• Describe course offerings of the US National Search and Rescue
School . Answer: oceanic, costal, and inland search planning leadership
procedures. Land and air searches (wilderness)
• List organizations involved in developing standards and regulations .
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), ASTM International,
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), American National
Standards Institute (ANSI)
,• National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) characteristics .
Answer: national level education and certification for SAR responders
and teams
• Mountain Rescue Association characteristics . Answer: mountain
search and rescue techniques
• Civil Air Patrol (CAP) characteristics . Answer: youth cadet program,
development of air search, provide transportation (US Air Force)
• US Coast Guard Auxiliary characteristics . Answer: volunteer boats
and aircrafts for sar
• USA Freedom Corps characteristics . Answer: created after 9/11 to
protect and support local responders, raises service opportunities
• Citizen Corps characteristics . Answer: answer questions and
coordinate volunteer activities to prepare for emergency situations
(FEMA and USA Freedom Corps)
• Community Emergency Response Teams characteristics . Answer:
incase first responders do not arrive on time, citizens can assist, citizens
are trained and organized
• International SAR organizations and describe their roles in search and
rescue . Answer: Alpine Rescue (mountain SAR), International
Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (promotes growth and
,protection of mountaineering and climbing), International Search and
Rescue Advisory Group (urban SAR/structural collapse issues)
• 5 International Stages of SAR . Answer: Preplanning
Awareness
Planning
Operations
Conclusion
• awareness . Answer: info that someone needs assistance which can be
an indication of action needed
Initial action: evaluate and gain more info (uncertainty, alert, and
distress)
• conclusion . Answer: determined that no one is in distress, nothing was
found or the search is concluded, all resources are notified the mission is
concluded
• planning . Answer: planning is critical to the success, location and
situation for searching
• operations . Answer: locate, access, stabilize, and transport
• 4 Phases (LAST) . Answer: Locate
Access
, Stabilize
Transport
• Locate . Answer: find an address to an extended search for a lost
person
• Access . Answer: search is over, gain access and treat injuries,
planning should be complete and carried out
• Stabilize . Answer: physical, medical, and emotional, scene safety,
situation must be stabilized. First is medical management (exams, life
support), next is emotional support and keeping the victim calm so the
rescuers and subject do not get hurt.
• Transport . Answer: stabilized subject must continue to be assessed and
stable throughout transportation, from walking on foot to helicopter
transport (inform the subject what to expect)
• Role of US National SAR Committee and its 2 Documents . Answer:
responsible for the US National SAR Plan and the US National SAR
Supplement to the IAMSAR Manual
• COSPAS-SARSAT System and Roles of 3 Major Types of Distress
Beacons . Answer: international humanitarian SAR system that uses
satellites to detect and locate emergency beacons carried by ships,
aircraft, and individuals. Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons
(EPIRBs) for navy/water use, Emergency Locator Transmissions (ELTs)
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS 2026
• search . Answer: an operation using available personnel and facilities
to locate persons in distress
• rescue . Answer: an operation to retrieve persons in distress provide for
their initial medical or other needs and deliver them to a place of safety
• 3 basic categories of search and rescue skills training . Answer: search,
rescue, survival/support
• Describe course offerings of the US National Search and Rescue
School . Answer: oceanic, costal, and inland search planning leadership
procedures. Land and air searches (wilderness)
• List organizations involved in developing standards and regulations .
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), ASTM International,
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), American National
Standards Institute (ANSI)
,• National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) characteristics .
Answer: national level education and certification for SAR responders
and teams
• Mountain Rescue Association characteristics . Answer: mountain
search and rescue techniques
• Civil Air Patrol (CAP) characteristics . Answer: youth cadet program,
development of air search, provide transportation (US Air Force)
• US Coast Guard Auxiliary characteristics . Answer: volunteer boats
and aircrafts for sar
• USA Freedom Corps characteristics . Answer: created after 9/11 to
protect and support local responders, raises service opportunities
• Citizen Corps characteristics . Answer: answer questions and
coordinate volunteer activities to prepare for emergency situations
(FEMA and USA Freedom Corps)
• Community Emergency Response Teams characteristics . Answer:
incase first responders do not arrive on time, citizens can assist, citizens
are trained and organized
• International SAR organizations and describe their roles in search and
rescue . Answer: Alpine Rescue (mountain SAR), International
Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (promotes growth and
,protection of mountaineering and climbing), International Search and
Rescue Advisory Group (urban SAR/structural collapse issues)
• 5 International Stages of SAR . Answer: Preplanning
Awareness
Planning
Operations
Conclusion
• awareness . Answer: info that someone needs assistance which can be
an indication of action needed
Initial action: evaluate and gain more info (uncertainty, alert, and
distress)
• conclusion . Answer: determined that no one is in distress, nothing was
found or the search is concluded, all resources are notified the mission is
concluded
• planning . Answer: planning is critical to the success, location and
situation for searching
• operations . Answer: locate, access, stabilize, and transport
• 4 Phases (LAST) . Answer: Locate
Access
, Stabilize
Transport
• Locate . Answer: find an address to an extended search for a lost
person
• Access . Answer: search is over, gain access and treat injuries,
planning should be complete and carried out
• Stabilize . Answer: physical, medical, and emotional, scene safety,
situation must be stabilized. First is medical management (exams, life
support), next is emotional support and keeping the victim calm so the
rescuers and subject do not get hurt.
• Transport . Answer: stabilized subject must continue to be assessed and
stable throughout transportation, from walking on foot to helicopter
transport (inform the subject what to expect)
• Role of US National SAR Committee and its 2 Documents . Answer:
responsible for the US National SAR Plan and the US National SAR
Supplement to the IAMSAR Manual
• COSPAS-SARSAT System and Roles of 3 Major Types of Distress
Beacons . Answer: international humanitarian SAR system that uses
satellites to detect and locate emergency beacons carried by ships,
aircraft, and individuals. Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons
(EPIRBs) for navy/water use, Emergency Locator Transmissions (ELTs)
