Type 1
Q: What is an old and no longer correct but still commonly used term for a type 1 search?
A: Hasty Search
Q: When completing a Range of Detection, how many times should you measure the distance from your target?
A: 8
Q: What is the typical spacing for a type 3 search?
A: 2-5m (less then 10m)
Q: What is Urban Search and Rescue?
A: A technical discipline involving location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in urban areas.
Q: What is the order of safety priority?
A: Self, team, subject.
Q: In Koester's bike wheel model of reflex tasking, what do the spokes refer to?
A: search travel routes leading away from the IPP (roads, trails, drainage etc.)
Q: During a Type 2, what is the name of the sweep tactic when searchers move side to side within their designated search strip?
A: Purposeful wandering
What are two ways type 3 searches are marked?
A: flagging tape, string lines
Q: What are some urban areas that MSAR searches?
A: Parks, commercial areas, and backyards.
Q: What are the main risks from night searching?
A: Searcher fatigue and poor visibility.
Q: Name two types of passive tactics for type 1 searches.
A: Containment, attraction.
Q: Name two of the five types of sweep searches.
A: Standard (visibility) sweeps, High visibility sweeps, Low visibility sweeps, sound sweeps, body sweeps
How many searchers are generally on a team for a type 3 search?
A: 6 to 10 and a team leader
Q: What are some urban searching hazards?
A: Urban campers, traffic, and HAZMAT.
Q: What are the BC SAR Provincial Operating Guidelines?
A: The operational standards and safety protocols that all GSAR volunteers in BC must follow.
Q: Name three or more types of active tactics used in type 1 searches.
A: search area reduction/permimeter sign cuts, tracking, search dogs, quick reconnaissance, aerial reconnaissance
Q: In an off-trail sound sweep search in rough terrain, how often should you do a whistle blast?
A: Every 2 minutes.
What does 1, 2 and 3 whistle blasts mean in a type 3?
A: 1 from anyone means stop, 2 from GSTL means go, 3 from GSTL means to number off
Q: What are the most common urban search profiles?
A: Despondency, dementia, and mental health crises.
Q: What is the Response Capability Score?
A: A numerical score measuring risks associated with training, experience, mental and physical preparedness, planning, and resources.
Q: What are 3 or more traits selected for in Initial Response Team members?
A: be fit/fast, good survival skills, experienced in higher levels aspects of interviewing/scene protection/record keeping, very clue conscious, good local knowledge of the area, navigation
Q: What's the minimum recommended spacing for Type 2 searches?
A: 15 metres.
Q: Name 3 or more conditions that should be met to consider a type 3 search?
A: search area small (less then 1km squared, high probability of finding subject or clue, large number of trained searchers available that would be less effective elsewhere, good likelihood subject is hiding, unresponsive or dead.
Q: What other tools do the police use to find missing people in urban areas?
A: Social media, notifications to transit.
Q: What is the Employee and Family Assistance Program?
A: A short-term counselling resource offered by the District of Metchosin.