Starting a Search and Rescue Team
The comment made by Brian Johnson on the Inland Flood Rescue Association post started me thinking. He noted that “someone had to take charge and put all of the teams into some useful context.” This lead me to thinking about SAR teams without a role… Johnnie Walker commented that T24 “do not provide the services [...]
February 3, 2010
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Robert Bradley · 
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Tags: ALSAR, Brian Johnson, Callout, Inland Flood Rescue Association, Johnnie Walker, Kris Manning, Lowland Search Dogs Sussex, Police, SAR Charity, SAR Groups, SAR Team, SAR Training Exercise, STAR Technical & Rescue Team, Sussar, T24 · 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
Qualified Search Controllers, Search Managers and Search Trainers
One of the comments made following my piece on getting the search controllers assignment right was that a database of qualified search controllers and managers would be useful to “trainees” [for want of a better word...] In truth what Johnnie Walker actually said was; Rob, could you collate and list the qualified Search Controllers within [...]
January 24, 2010
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Tags: ALSAR, ALSAR Instructors, Johnnie Walker, SAR Instructor, SAR Team, Search Controller, Search Instructor, Search Manager, Search Trainer, Search Training · Posted in: Search Courses, Search Thoughts, Search Training
UK Search and Rescue Response to Haiti Earthquake
Johnnie Walker from Sussex Search and Rescue has yet again kindly written a piece for Re-Search with his views on the UK’s search and rescue response to the events unfolding in Haiti. Are you going to Haiti? A number of colleagues have asked me in the last couple of days if SusSAR is heading out [...]
January 14, 2010
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Tags: DEC, Disasters Emergency Committee, Earthquake Response, Haiti, Johnnie Walker, Sussar, Sussex Search and Rescue, UK Fire Service Search and Rescue Team, UKFSSRT, Urban Search and Rescue · Posted in: Guest Posts, Search Thoughts
A Defence of Purposeful Wandering
Johnnie Walker a long while back made a throwaway comment when he was commenting on his own Search Analogy; I know of Police Services who ban purposeful wandering by their search volunteers. Yes, you read that right. Not insist on it. Ban it! [Read it here if you don't believe he wrote it...] I have [...]
January 13, 2010
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Tags: ALSAR, Johnnie Walker, POD, Police, PolSA, Probability of Detection, Purposeful Wandering, Search Controllers Course, Search Techniques, Search Theory, Search Volunteers, UKLSI · Posted in: Search Thoughts
