Questions and CORRECT Answers
Lost Person Behavior (LPB) data provides search planners with general indications of the
following with the exception of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- How quickly they will be
located by trained searchers
Clues and evidence should be - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Physical
Who is responsible for establishing a "safety first" mindset during search operations? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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 -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Planning Data
Search planners use the subject behavioral profile for a number of reasons: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Determining search strategy
defining the search area
estimating resource needs
mapping the search area
briefing search teams
, A Search Urgency Form - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Notification of a search is
separated into the following categories
Indirect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a loose grid is what type of search tactic
direct them to the agency having jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when approached
by the media, searchers should
Local law enforcement and OEM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- search and Rescue response at
the local level is coordinated by
ideally a search segment should be - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- easily identifiable on both a
map and the ground
Experienced, Well Equipped, Highly Mobile, clue conscious, through - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Hasty or efficient searchers
The incident commander - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the general briefing is critical to
creating a common operational picture of the incident. This briefing is usually conducted by
drive changes in training, equipment, material - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A thorough
critique or After Action Review is a critical component of all aspects of emergency response.
A critique may help managers