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
The POD of a Search Dog
I wrote a short piece last week entitled “The POD of a Search Dog is 100%” and promised to give my thoughts on the subject at a later date. It is interesting to note that the two commenters – Daryl Toogood and Johnnie Walker – highlighted the two main issues I wanted to cover with [...]
January 28, 2010
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Tags: Daryl Toogood, Johnnie Walker, POD, Probability of Detection, Search Dog, Search Dog Handler, Search Management, Search Planning, Search Sector · Posted in: Search Thoughts
What is a Search Pre-Plan?
As Daryl asked so nicely I’ve decided to write some more about search pre-plans and what should go in one. Different SAR teams have different templates, content and so on. It is difficult then to give a definitive answer. However, the way to look at the question is not what should go in the pre-plan, but [...]
December 8, 2009
· Robert Bradley · 3 Comments
Tags: Control Vehicle, Daryl Toogood, Mapping, Rope Access, RV Point, Search and Rescue Hovercraft, Search Boats, Search Control, Search Controller, Search Dogs, Search Management Team, Search PPE, Search Pre-Plan, Team Leader, Underwater Search · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
Search and Rescue Training
A quick post to plug the work of Berkshire Search and Rescue Dog’s Daryl Toogood again. His latest website is SearchandRescueTraining.org.uk which is; A Free Search and Rescue Training Resource. Well it’s not just a resource, but a community too…. Videos, Reports, Presentations, Exams, Chat, Forums, Wikis and much much more!!Training for Volunteer Search And [...]
November 10, 2009
· Robert Bradley · 4 Comments
Tags: Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs, Daryl Toogood, Search and Rescue Training, Search Chat, Search Forums, Search Presentations, Search Reports, Search Videos · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts, Search Training
Search and Rescue Dogs Forum
Whilst I am posted related links, I had better make a plug for the Search and Rescue Dogs Forum, run by Daryl Toogood from Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs. The forum is the place to discuss lowland search dogs use in the UK. If you have any questions about how to use these valauable resources, [...]
October 6, 2009
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Tags: Berskshire Search & Rescue Dogs, Daryl Toogood, Lowland Search Dogs, SAR Forum, Search and Rescue Dogs Forum, Search Incidents, Search Resources, Search Standards, Search Training · Posted in: Search Links, Search Thoughts
