The POD of a Search Dog is 100%
When writing a blog you have to always have something left to write about tomorrow. This means that when you think of something to write about you tend to note it down somewhere, to use another day. BUT, some days, you just have to jump on the computer and write something, NOW! It might be a [...]
January 18, 2010
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Robert Bradley · 
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Tags: Bob Koester, dbs Productions, Dog Handler, Ed Johnson, Greg Fuller, Lowland Search Dog, Man-Trackers & Dog Handlers in Search & Rescue, Mantrackers, POD, Probability of Detection, SAR Bookshop, Scent Pool, Scent Source, Scent Transport, Search Coordination, Search Dog, Search Dog Team, Search Management, Search Manager, Search Resource · Posted in: Search Books, Search Thoughts
Should we be “Clearing” areas in vulnerable missing person search?
Missing Person Behaviour Presentation to Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs kindly asked me along to give a presentation on missing person behaviour on Tuesday night. As part of this presentation I briefly discussed how survivability data helps prove search is an emergency. And, of course, if you accept that time [...]
January 15, 2010
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Tags: Berskshire Search & Rescue Dogs, Bob Koester, BSARD, Cleared, Dementia, Despondents, Grampian Stats, ISRID, Jo Joslyn, Lost Person Behavior, missing person behaviour, Search Areas, Search is an Emergency, Search Resources, Steve Upton, Success Fast · Posted in: Search Presentations, Search Thoughts
Probability of Detection (POD)
Probability of Detection refers to the likelihood of a search resource finding the object they are searching for if it was in the area they were searching. Thanks to Koester, Cooper, Frost and Robe’s 2004 study we can now safely say that it is impossible to subjectively estimate POD. No more should we hear supposed Search Managers [...]
January 8, 2010
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Tags: Bob Koester, D Cooper, Jack Frost, Koopman's Exponential Detection Function, POD, Probability of Detection, R Robe, Sweep Width · Posted in: SAR Dictionary
SAR Tracking
I find myself thinking more and more about tracking in SAR recently. Partly I think it is because I have been ordering stock for the SAR Bookshop. I have so far managed to secure small supplies of Jack Kearney’s TRACKING:Â A Blueprint For Learning how ; Rob Speiden’s FOUNDATIONS FOR AWARENESS, SIGNCUTTING AND TRACKING ; [...]
January 5, 2010
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Tags: Bob Koester, Foundations for Awareness Signcutting and Tracking, Jack Kearney, Joel Hardin, Mantracking, Mantracking and Search Dogs, Rob Speiden, SAR Trackers UK, SAR Tracking, SAR World, Search Plan, Track Awareness, Tracker, Tracking, Tracking A Blueprint for Learning How, Tracking Standards · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
