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