Wabi-sabi and the Art of Search
OK – I admit it. I need to get out more. I read a book a while back on Leonardo da Vinci. It was saying something like we can think like this genius, by putting into practice these six or seven skills. I didn’t take too much notice but it came back to me the [...]
January 20, 2010
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Tags: Animal Tracks ID, Baseline, Clue Field, Clues, Connessione, Foot Searcher, Ian Maxwell, Keri Smith, Leonardo da Vinci, Living out LOUD, Max, Michael Gelb, Missing Person, Missing Person Search, Search Exercise, Search Training, SEBEV, Tracker, Tracking Course, Wabi-sabi, Zoning In · Posted in: Search Books, Search Thoughts, Search Training
ISIS SAR Search Exercise Evaluation
From the way I write you would think that ALSAR is falling apart; I keep saying “one of the things we do badly is…”. And guess what? Here is yet another thing that I believe ALSAR doesn’t do well at. Sharing knowledge; especially feedback and learning points from search exercise de-briefs and evaluations. But one [...]
December 16, 2009
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Tags: ALSAR, Despondent, Dog Search Team, ISIS SAR, Kayak Search Team, LSDogs, Mountain Bike Search Team, Rope Access, Search Controller, Search Exercise, Search Training, SEBEV SAR, TASR, Technical and Specialist Rescue, Thames Valley Police, TVP, Water Access, Wilsar · Posted in: Guest Posts, Search News, Search Training
Search Exercise Planners Handbook
This series of posts outlines some of my thoughts on how to improve the way ALSAR Units, and other SAR teams searching for vulnerable missing persons, run missing person search exercises. Introduction and Search Exercise Objectives Selecting an Area for the Search Exercise Practical Aspects of Running a Search Exercise Terrain Analysis for Search Exercises [...]
December 3, 2009
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Tags: Briefing, Debriefing, Running a Search Exercise, Search Exercise, Search Exercise Objectives, Search Exercise Planners Handbook, Search Exercise Scenarios, Terrain Analysis for Search Exercises · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
Search exercise planners handbook – Part Eight
SAR Debriefing When planning any search exercise time needs to be allowed for the debriefing. It is one, if not the, most important parts of the exercise. Everything that anyone learns from the exercise can be lost if not recalled at this stage by them, and feedback to the whole group for them to learn [...]
December 3, 2009
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Tags: Debriefing, SAR Debriefing, Search Exercise, Search Exercise Planners Handbook · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
Search exercise planners handbook – Part Seven
Briefings Out of necessity search exercises require two briefings. When it suits the exercise the first “exercise” briefing can be given to everyone attending all at once, with the “scenario” briefing being given to just the Search Management Team to allow them to brief the teams as they want. If the exercise is intended to [...]
December 1, 2009
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Tags: Briefing, Health and Safety, Search Control, Search Exercise, Search Exercise Planners Handbook, Search Management, Search Scenario, Search Training · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
