Search correct answers Location of persons in distress
Rescue correct answers 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 answers search, rescue, and
survival/support
Search and Rescue correct answers the act of finding and returning to safety the survivors from
an emergency incident
The National SAR Committee (NSARC) sponsors and oversees the correct answers U.S.
National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP)
Federal SAR coordinator for all inland SAR correct answers U.S. Air Force
U.S. National Search and Rescue Plan (NSP) correct answers 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 answers Supplement to the IAMSAR
(International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue) Manual
Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) correct answers emergency transmitters that are carried
aboard most general aviation aircraft in the U.S. In the event of an aircraft accident
Cospas-Sarsat correct answers an international search and rescue system that uses satellites to
detect and locate emergency beacons
,Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) correct answers 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 answers devices that sends a
distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is triggered during an accident.
Local User Terminal (LUT) correct answers satellite receiving units are the ground stations that
receive emergency beacon distress alerts
Mission Control Center (MCC) correct answers type of clearinghouse responsible for receiving
and distributing distress signal alerts from emergency position-indicating radiobeacon stations.
The National Response Plan (NRP) Administrator correct answers The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) administers this SAR plan
The domestic land SAR service provider (outside of national parks) correct answers state and
local authorities or SAR units provide SAR jurisdiction
Criteria for Amber Alert correct answers (1) confirmed abduction by law enforcement (2)
imminent danger (3) description of child
ICS function that approves the ordering of additional resources correct answers ICS Command
Function
ICS Planning Function correct answers Maintains and displays situation status
Provides treatment of injured SAR workers correct answers Function of ICS Logistics
Standardization of job titles in ICS correct answers Process that identifies to which level of the
ICS organization a person is assigned
, The type of a resource relates to correct answers the level of skill and capability of a resource
primary ICS management functions correct answers Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics,
and Finance
Number of Incident Bases correct answers One
Incident Action Plan correct answers plan that provides specific tactical direction for a
designated operational period
Strike Team requirements correct answers same kind and type of resources, leader, and common
communications
Task Force requirements include correct answers different kinds and types of resources
available resource's reporting location, time, and likely length of mission correct answers
Incident Assignments Lists
Incident Command System correct answers 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.
Resource unit leader leader correct answers Planning Section Chief
Elements of Incident Action Plan correct answers (1)statement of objectives and (2) organization
details
Command Staff correct answers Safety Officer, Liaison Officer, and Public Information Officer