GES
Ground Team
Urban Direction Finding
Incident Command
SUAS
100

What does GES stand for?

What is General Emergency Services?

100

What are the four levels to a CAP ground team rating?

What is GTM 3, 2, 1, and Ground Team Leader

100

What do UDF teams generally search for on a mission?

What is an ELT?

100

What is the current standard radio operator qualification in CAP. (bonus if you can name the new qualifications)

What is a Mission Radio Operator?

100
This organization publishes regulations regarding all civilian aircraft.

What is the FAA?

200

What system is used to input your Emergency Services qualifications in for review and approval?

What is Specialty Qualifications and Training Records (SQTR)?

200

What are the two most common types of compass used in ground team navigation?

Lensatic & Orienteering

200

What does the abbreviation ELT stand for?

What is an Emergency Locater Transmitter?

200

During briefings and missions, this person is responsible for the critical decisions made at the highest level of command.

What is Incident Commander?

200

This type of risk management is used to assess possible outcomes and their hazards.

What is Operational Risk Management?

300

This form is carried on your person during an event and shows all current or trainee qualifications.

What is CAPF 101?

300

What style of map is typically used for ground search and rescue?

What is a topographic map?

300

This handheld device is used by UDF teams to locate a beacon.

What is a radio direction finder?

300

CAP bases their emergency response chain of command off this organization.

What is FEMA?

300

What does the abbreviation SUAS stand for?

What is Small Unmanned Aerial System

400

The abbreviation SAREX stands for.

What is a Search and Rescue Exercise?

400

This search method involves ground team members quickly dispersing in an unorganized search of a small area.

What is a hasty search?

400

Name materials that can absorb or refract VHF ELT radio signals.

What is concrete, metal, water, trees, ECT

400

What does the abbreviation FEMA stand for?

What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency?

400

This type of CAP mission uses drones to photograph wreckage after natural disasters.

What is damage assessment?

500

The abbreviation TREX stands for.

What is a Training Exercise?

500

What is the typical grid style used for ground search and rescue? (think military)

What is Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)?

500

This technique involves using your body to impede a receiving signal to the DF from certain areas to obtain a bearing.

What is body blocking?

500

What two regulations are the base for CAP communications operations?

CAPR 100-1 & CAPR 100-3

500

This type of chart is used by pilots both manned and drone to assess airspace, terrain, obstructions, and more.

What is an Aeronautical/Sectional chart?

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