Preparing the mind for SAR
I can’t believe it is Thursday already of Mental Health for SAR Week on Re-Search. Having discussed why SAR volunteers are vulnerable on Monday, the causes of mental ill-effects on Tuesday and what happens when you find a body on Wednesday, today I would like to discuss preparing yourself for what you will face in [...]
April 14, 2011
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Robert Bradley · 
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Tags: ALSAR, Clue Consciousness, Mental Health, Mental Ill-Effects, SAR Volunteers, Search Technician · Posted in: Search Thoughts
ALSAR and the Search for Sian O’Callaghan
One thing that makes me proud of being associated with ALSAR is the fact that when they are involved in high profile searches like the on-going search for Sian O’Callaghan, no one knows about it! No one does what we do for recognition, but we all know that our funding by charitable donations relies upon [...]
March 23, 2011
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Tags: ALSAR, High Profile Search, LSDogs, SARAID, Savernake Forest, Search Technician, Search Techniques, Sian O'Callaghan, Wilsar, Wiltshire Police · Posted in: Search Links, Search News, Search Thoughts
Inspiring Search and Rescue Courses
I had the pleasure this weekend of teaching on yet another excellent UKLSI lowland search and rescue course. There are so many comments that can be made that I think several posts this week will be referring back to the weekend, but the one thing that really sticks in my mind is the inspiration I [...]
March 22, 2011
· Robert Bradley · One Comment
Tags: ALSAR, Basic Search Techniques Course, Best Kept Secret, Lowland Search Technician, Lowland Search Volunteers, SAR Volunteers, Search Technician, Super Heroes, UKLSI · Posted in: Search Courses, Search Thoughts, Search Training
Searching in the Dark
You may remember a long while back me writing a short news article introducing a Specialist Night / Low Light Search Technician Certification Course from Gary Foo. Several comments were made at the time, with Jennie Webster making the valid point that; Maybe explicit courses such as this would make it more obvious that ALSAR teams can [...]
January 27, 2010
· Robert Bradley · 10 Comments
Tags: ACPO, ALSAR, Bob Koester, Ed Johnson, Gary Foo, Greg Fuller, Jennie Webster, Misper, Missing Person Search, Night Search, Night Searching, POD, POS, Rrobert J Koester, Search Team Leader, Search Technician, UKLSI · Posted in: Search Thoughts
Qualified Search Technician
I’ve had this discussion a few times with people and I thought it was about time I put pen to paper and put it out there for debate. I was disappointed a few years back when ALSAR officially dropped the word “basic” from the Basic Search Techniques course (now known officially as the Search Technicians [...]
December 9, 2009
· Robert Bradley · 5 Comments
Tags: ALSAR, Basic Search Technician, Basic Search Techniques Course, BST, First Aid, Kayaks, Lowland Search, Mountain Bikes, Navigation, Qualified Search Technician, SAR TECH, Search Dogs, Search Management, Search Technician, Tracker, Tracking, UKLSI, Water Safety · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
