SAR Techniques: Final Considerations

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SAR TechniquesFinal Considerations

• KCSARA Academy

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Rescue/Recovery

• Plan ahead

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Suspending the Mission

• Main Two Questions
• Do we think the subject is alive, or dead?
• Do we think the subject is in the search area?

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Suspending the Mission

• Factors To Consider
• Has everything be searched twice?
• Has the entire search plan been executed?
• Are there any unresolved clues?
• Is there pressure to continue searching?
• Is another mission demanding resources?
• Are there any safety concerns?

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Suspending the Mission

• Get a group consensus before making a final
  decision
• Consider a limited continuation
• Intermittent overflights
• Changing conditions
• Flyers/Signage
• Media/Public
• Training location

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Suspending the Mission

• Do a final debriefing

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Demobilization

• Plan ahead
• General information
• Needed resources
• Resource safety

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Post Mission

• Final report
• Media releases
• Appreciation letters
• Claims
• Equipment clean/refurbish/restock

• Mission critique
• CISD
• Revise pre-plan
• Follow-up tasks

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• In soloing - as in other activities - it is far
  easier to start something than it is to finish
  it.
• Amelia Earhart
• Aviator and Adventurist