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
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
SAR Dictionary
I have decided to start an online SAR dictionary that I will add to every week. Hopefully it will help those looking for more information and/or definitions of various SAR terms. So far I have added; Probability of Area (POA) Probability of Detection (POD) and Probability of Success (POS) More will be added week on week.
January 8, 2010
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Tags: POA, POD, POS, Probability of Area, Probability of Detection, Probability of Success, SAR Dictionary, SAR Terminology, SAR Terms · Posted in: SAR Dictionary, Search Thoughts
Probability of Success (POS)
Probability of Success is the likelihood of finding the misper or search object given the search area and search resource. It is calculated as below; POS = POA x POD It is the role of the Search Management Team to maximise the POS of the search. [Find the missing person or object as quickly as possible!] This [...]
January 8, 2010
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Tags: POA, POD, POS, Probability of Success, Search Managment Team · Posted in: SAR Dictionary
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
