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
SEBEV trains its members for Major Incident Bronze Command
Most ALSAR teams have a role to play during major incidents in their locality. SEBEV itself grew out of what used to be proudly called “civil defence”; volunteers available to the authorities in time of need. These civil contingency roles require additional training and a SEBEV news item recently tells of how they are training [...]
November 22, 2009
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Tags: ALSAR, Bronze, Civil Contingencies, Major Incident, Major Incident Training, SEBEV, Thames Valley Police, TVP · Posted in: Search News, Search Training
Sussar, Midshires and SEBEV Callouts in the last three days
Continuing on from ALSAR’s busy weekend of callouts, three more vulnerable missing person searches have come to my attention. On the 15th, Sussar were “called out early [in the] morning to search for an elderly female with a dementia who had gone missing from her home in Peasmarsh.” [Read more here...] The 16th brought a callout for [...]
November 18, 2009
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Tags: ALSAR, Dementia, Midshires, SEBEV, Sussar, Thames Valley Police, Vulnerable Missing Person, Vulnerable Missing Person Search · Posted in: Search News
ISIS SAR Missing Person Behaviour Training Presentation
ISIS SAR is the new ALSAR Unit covering Oxfordshire; I will write one day about the whole history of Oxfordshire Search & Rescue and ALSAR but suffice to say I’m pleased to now have an ALSAR Unit working in Oxfordshire (I just hope that Thames Valley Police will jump onboard soon too – but that’s [...]
October 28, 2009
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Tags: ALSAR, ALSAR Presentation, ISIS SAR, Misper Stats, Oxfordshire Search and Rescue, Probability Density, Search Training, Survivability, Thames Valley Police, Track Offset Data, Visualising Missing Person Behaviour Statistics · Posted in: Search Presentations, Search Thoughts, Search Training
