Acryonyms
DEET
N,N diethy-meta-toluamide or Diethyltoluamide.
Active chemical in insect repellants.
Avalanches occur most frequently on slopes of:
30-45 degrees (most common)
30-60 degrees (frequent)
Comes from the Old Norse word for landslide
SCREE
The art of following someone by stringing together a continuous chain of their sign.
Tracking
All rescue software must be inspected:
Before each use, or better yet, before and after each use.
DGPS
Differential GPS
The rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process.
Fire
When crossing a river by foot, you should point your feet in this direction.
UPSTREAM
Direct and Indirect
Used to describe the process of neatening up a know so that all strands in the knot are smooth and aligned.
Dressing a knot.
HMS
halbmastwurf scherung rough translation: half of a clove hitch.
Carabiner shape D or pear, used with munter hitch
Dihydrogen monoxide
H2O Water
The pointy end of an ice axe.
SPIKE or Ferrule
A fast, initial response of well trained, self sufficient, and very mobile searches who check those places most likeyt to produce clues or the subject quickly.
Hasty search or rapid search
FSAR minimal kN rating for rescue gear
20
HELP
Heat Escape Lessening Position
Absorbs moisture, such as cotton material.
Hydrophilic
Comes from the French word for slope
TALUS
A natural physiological reaction to prolonged physical and/or mental stress.
Fatigue
Rope construction with two parts: a tightly woven outer sheath that serves to support a load and protect the inner core, and an inner core consisting of strands of fibers that are bundled together to provide most of the rope's strength.
Kernmantle rope
UMT
Universal Transverse Mercator
The adapting of one's surrounds to solve problems.
Improvise
Adapted from Mountaineering, is a method of allowing respite between steps. Lock each knee and synchronize the breathing between each small step.
REST STEP
The last substantiated position based on clues or evidence belonging to the missing person and indicating that the missing subject was known to be at that location.
LKP Last known position
When footing is tenuous or there is an obstacle that prevents the litter team from progressing (blank) becomes a useful option
caterpillar or lap pass