Archive for February, 2010
Another Re-Search Holiday
It doesn’t seem like a month ago that I took two weeks off for Christmas and here I am taking another week and a bit off. Unfortunately this is an enforced holiday from a technical point of view – a new kitchen means I’ve lost my “office” and computer for a while. Never fear though… [...]
February 10, 2010
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Robert Bradley · 
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Posted in: Search Thoughts
Calculating Probability of Detection in Search and Rescue
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about how to calculate a probability density distribution for a missing person search. This was the first element of the optimal search problem. The second element is to be able to calculate the probability of detection. There have been numerous articles and methodologies proposed in the past. Most [...]
February 9, 2010
· Robert Bradley · No Comments
Tags: Area Effectively Swept, GPS Track, Koopman's Exponential Detection Function, Optimal Search Problem, POD, Probability Density, Probability Density Distribution, Probability of Detection, Search Coverage, Sweep Width, Track Length · Posted in: Search Thoughts
More thoughts on ALSAR
It might have seemed over the past few weeks or months that I am somehow “down” on ALSAR. This couldn’t be further from the truth. So today I wanted to write some brief thoughts on what ALSAR does do well. First and foremost, it has to be said – without ALSAR the UK would not [...]
February 8, 2010
· Robert Bradley · 2 Comments
Tags: ALSAR, Lowland SAR, Lowland Search, Mountain Rescue, MR, MR E&W, UK SAR Operators Group, UKSAROG, Vulnerable Missing Person Search · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Mountain Rescue Campaign to Save VAT
The Mountain Rescue England & Wales campaign to get HM Government to waive VAT for MR and ALSAR teams got the backing this week of Private Eye. As they comment; Gordon Brown waived VAT at a stroke for the Simon Cowell produced celebrity cover version of Everybody Hurts to raise funds for Haiti. The mountain [...]
February 5, 2010
· Robert Bradley · 3 Comments
Tags: ALSAR, Everybody Hurts, Gordon Brown, Haiti Earthquake, Mountain Rescue, MR, MR E&W, Simon Cowell · Posted in: Search News, Search Thoughts
Search and Rescue Growing Up
Following on from yesterday’s Starting a Search and Rescue Team piece I looked in on a “team” that I have been watching for a while. I couldn’t quite work out which way they were going. However, their latest Chairman’s Annual Report contained some very interesting, and in light of recent debate insightful, news; In conclusion, [...]
February 4, 2010
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Tags: Civil Air Patrol, Lowland Search, Mountain Rescue, RNLI, Search and Rescue Team, Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol, Skywatch · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts
