SAR
Search and Rescue
What is Searching for or Rescue of any person(s)
Be Ready!
What is the 1st letter in the ongoing cycle of Search management. Training, safety, mutual aid agreements, resource lists are set and in place.
Responsible for lost or missing persons on the ground
What are Individual provinces and Territories coordinated by the police service in the specific jurisdiction?
Search
Process involving investigating,statistics, probability theory, human behaviour to name a few
Incident Evolution
4th letter in SAR managment B.?.?.I.C.S
Incident reponse cycle continues as many times as required in support of the SAR mission
NPS
What is the "National Search and Rescue Program"
Rescue
What is using proven techniques and skills for subject retrieval?
When 911 is called
What is Activation - How the SAR Teams get mobilized ie Through the law enforcement agency in the given jurisdiction.
Objectives of the National SAR Program
What is Save Lives, promote prevention or mitigation of SAR events,injury, loss of life,; perform all SAR functions effectively, efficiently and economically.
S the first letter in S.A.M.E
What is Search?
The two Ss
What is "START the 6 Step Operational cycle"- Core managment tool that provides specific procedures for the teams to follow including deployment and information management.
and
"Situation Review" - the critique and wrap up of how the mission went by the personnel involved
Coordination for Federal SAR operations
What is joint Rescue Coordination Centres(JRCC's)
E the 4th letter in S.A.M.E
What is evacuate - move the subject either with simple assistance or medical retrieval using a litter or other transport?
Missing Letter
What is C Conclusion the end of the mission where either the subject has been found and returned or the mission is suspended even though subject not located
Provides National Liablilty insurance
What is SARVAC - Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada