MapAction – The Emergency Mapping Service
A quick post today to remind you all about the immensely valuable work of MapAction. I wish I had the verbal or literacy skills to adequately describe the job they do … but I don’t. Here is a taste taken from their website. Before an aid agency can respond to a disaster, their first need [...]
March 17, 2011
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Robert Bradley ·
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Tags: Disaster, International Disaster Response, MapAction, Mapping, SAR Mapping · Posted in: Search Links, 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
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Robert Bradley ·
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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


