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 – 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
ALSAR on Dartmoor
A number of ALSAR Units sent members down to Dartmoor Rescue Group’s annual training weekend. It is a tribute to the professional working relationship that ALSAR and MR E&W have that ALSAR was invited to send participants to this event [again!] Members from Hantsar, ISIS SAR, SEBEV, SSART, Sussar, and Wilsar all attended and from [...]
November 30, 2009
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Tags: ALSAR, Dartmoor Rescue Group, Hantsar, ISIS SAR, Mountain Rescue, MR E&W, Search Training, SEBEV, SSART, Sussar, Wilsar · Posted in: Search News, Search Training
Improving ALSAR Training
One of the most heated debates at the last ALSAR conference was about training; but a recent e-mail conversation reminded me of just why training is so controversial. Everyone wants to run their own training courses. I can understand this – seeing some courses and books I often sit there and think to myself why [...]
November 23, 2009
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Tags: ALSAR, ALSAR Conference, ALSAR Instructors, ALSAR Training, BST Course, First Aid Course, Missing Person Behaviour Course, Navigation Course, Search Controllers Course, Search Managers Course, Search Training, Team Leader Course, Tracking Course, Water Safety Course · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
Search exercise planners handbook – Part Five
Picking your search exercise’s SCENARIO One of the other things that often let’s down ALSAR search exercises is their scenarios. This is despite the fact that many search exercise planners and training officers spend a large amount of time coming up with these fantastic scenarios [or more accurately because they do!] Classic examples of this [...]
November 18, 2009
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Tags: Abduction, ALSAR, De-briefing, Dementia, Despondent, Hub, IPP, Lost Person Behavior, Misper, Misper Stats, Missing Child, Missing Children, Route and Path Search, Search Exercise, Search Exercise Planners Handbook, Search Exercise Scenario, Search Scenario, Search Training, Suicidal, Team Leader, Training Officer, UKLSI · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
