Ten people who know more than me about SAR!
One of the things I’m getting fed up about in SAR is the parochialism – “I created this, it’s mine and don’t anyone dare criticise it! So I’m going to keep it all to myself” … and so on, and so on. I’m sure everyone within volunteer SAR has had experience of this … all [...]
April 25, 2011
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Robert Bradley · 
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Tags: Bob Koester, Charles Twardy, Daryl Toogood, Don Cooper, Ian 'Max' Maxwell, Jack Frost, Kris Manning, Lou Holmes, Peter Bell, Tony Jones · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Top Five SAR Websites
Today I wanted to list what I see as the top five Search and Rescue websites at this time. Obviously this changes over time, but judged using my secret algorithm (well if Google has one, why shouldn’t I?) based upon their authority, especially over time, their content and importance here are today’s top five SAR websites; [...]
April 20, 2011
· Robert Bradley · One Comment
Tags: ALSAR, Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue, Bob Koester, dbs Productions, dbS SAR, DIMERSAR, SAR Websites, SARBayes, SEBEV, UK SAR · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts
Searching in the Dark
You may remember a long while back me writing a short news article introducing a Specialist Night / Low Light Search Technician Certification Course from Gary Foo. Several comments were made at the time, with Jennie Webster making the valid point that; Maybe explicit courses such as this would make it more obvious that ALSAR teams can [...]
January 27, 2010
· Robert Bradley · 10 Comments
Tags: ACPO, ALSAR, Bob Koester, Ed Johnson, Gary Foo, Greg Fuller, Jennie Webster, Misper, Missing Person Search, Night Search, Night Searching, POD, POS, Rrobert J Koester, Search Team Leader, Search Technician, UKLSI · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Calculating Probability Density Distribution for Missing Person Search
The first of the four elements of the optimal search problem is having a probability density distribution (predicting the likelihood that an object is in any particular search area or region.) To achieve this during a Maritime Search and Rescue Incident one takes into account the accuracy of the initial location report, the current, wind [...]
January 26, 2010
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Tags: Bob Koester, Consensus, Lost Person Behavior, Maritime Search and Rescue, Misper, missing person behaviour, POA, Probability Density, Probability Density Distribution, Probability of Area, Robert J Koester, Search Planner, Search Sector, Search Terrain, Theory of Optimal Search · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Combining Tracking with Lowland Search Dogs
As you may have noticed from my recent writing on the POD of a Search Dog is 100%, I have been reading Greg Fuller, Ed Johnson and Robert J Koester’s book Man-Trackers and Dog Handlers in Search & Rescue – Basic Guidelines and Information. One of the reasons I was keen to get hold and [...]
January 25, 2010
· Robert Bradley · 3 Comments
Tags: Bob Koester, Ed Johnson, Greg Fuller, Lowland Search Dogs, LSDogs, Man-Trackers & Dog Handlers in Search & Rescue, Robert J Koester, Search Dog Handler, Search Dog Team, Tracking · Posted in: Search Thoughts
