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What percentage of searches are resolved during the initial Operational
Period?
97%
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So what happens when the search goes into multiple OperationalPeriods?
Search Incident Planning Section Chief
• Do you do more of the same?
• Do you call in additional resources?
• How do you organize?
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• Do you call in an Incident Management Team?
• How do you transition to that team?
• How does an Incident Management Team plan?
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• How do you decide what strategies to employ?
• What planning tools do you use?
• How do you brief searchers?
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• How do you debrief searchers?
• How does investigation fit in to your search effort?
Search Incident Planning Section Chief
To answer your questions…
Search Incident Planning Section Chief
Paul AndersonNational Park Service, Retired
Sgt. Aaron DickSAR Coordinator, Coconino County Sheriff ’s Dept., Arizona
David LovelockProfessor of Mathematics (retired),University of Arizona Tucson
Greg StilesNational Park Service, Retired
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Current IncidentManagement Practice
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Chapters include…• The Planning Function in the Initial Response• Organizing and Managing the Planning Section• Tracking Incident Resources• Investigation• Scenario Analysis• Analyzing Information as the Core of Search Planning
(several chapters)• Developing and Selecting Incident Strategy• The Planning Process – A Framework for Incident
Management
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Chapters include…• The Incident Action Plan• Briefing: Communicating the Plan• Debriefing: Documenting Results• Documenting the Incident• The Planning Function Role in Suspending the
Incident• Demobilization: Getting Everyone Home Safely• Summary of the Planning Function
Search Incident Planning Section Chief
Other features include…
• A Sample Delegation of Authority• Lost Person Data• Search Urgency Rating Chart• Planning Section Chief Kit Information• ICS Forms• SAR Map Symbols• Job Action Sheets• SAR Glossary
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Information about available resources …
• Mapping Software• GPS Tracking• Unmanned Aerial Systems• High Resolution
Photography as a Search Methodology• Cell Phone Information
Search Incident Planning Section Chief
Book serves as the foundation for a course entitled
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So how much does this great resource cost?
NOTHING!
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• Click on “Documents”
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• Third document down
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