Archive for the ‘Search Training’ Category
Elements of the Optimal Search Problem
Lawrence Stone defined the elements of the optimal search problem in his 1986 book, Theory of Optimal Search. This was paraphrased extremely well by Cooper, Frost and Robe in their 2003 report – Compatibility of Land SAR Procedures with Search Theory as quoted below; A probability density distribution on search object location and state (so [...]
January 19, 2010
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Robert Bradley · 
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Tags: Compatibility of Land SAR Procedures with Search Theory, Consensus, D Cooper, J Frost, Lawrence Stone, Missing Person Behaviour Statistics, Optimisation, POA, POC, POD, POS, Probability Density, Probability Density Distribution, Probability of Area, Probability of Detection, Probability of Success, R Quincy Robe, Search Effort, Search Planning, Search Resource, Search Theory, Theory of Optimal Search · Posted in: Search Research, Search Thoughts, Search Training
Play in Search Training
The recent snow and yet another Christmas book (Living Out LOUD by Keri Smith) has got me thinking about play. As was briefly discussed in the comments about graveyard humour following my report on ALSAR at the Dartmoor Rescue Training Exercise, fun and humour are a perfectly natural defence mechanism for our brains. The question [...]
January 7, 2010
· Robert Bradley · 6 Comments
Tags: Graveyard Humour, Landrover, Route and Path Search, SAR Training, Search Dog, Search Fun, Search Play, Search Training Exercise, Search Urgency, Snow SAR, Training Officer · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
SAR Tracking
I find myself thinking more and more about tracking in SAR recently. Partly I think it is because I have been ordering stock for the SAR Bookshop. I have so far managed to secure small supplies of Jack Kearney’s TRACKING:Â A Blueprint For Learning how ; Rob Speiden’s FOUNDATIONS FOR AWARENESS, SIGNCUTTING AND TRACKING ; [...]
January 5, 2010
· Robert Bradley · 2 Comments
Tags: Bob Koester, Foundations for Awareness Signcutting and Tracking, Jack Kearney, Joel Hardin, Mantracking, Mantracking and Search Dogs, Rob Speiden, SAR Trackers UK, SAR Tracking, SAR World, Search Plan, Track Awareness, Tracker, Tracking, Tracking A Blueprint for Learning How, Tracking Standards · Posted in: Search Thoughts, Search Training
Search and Rescue Bike Teams
A while back I wrote a couple of posts regarding using Mountain Bikes for Search and Rescue here in the UK; First National Search and Rescue Mountain Bike Instructor Scheme and The Use of Mountain Bikes for Search and Rescue Today I came across a couple of international resources for Mountain Bike SAR that I [...]
December 17, 2009
· Robert Bradley · No Comments
Tags: Mountain Bike Search and Rescue, Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Training Manual, Mountain Bike Search Team, Mountain Bikes, National Search and Rescue Mountain Bike Instructor Scheme · Posted in: Search Links, 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
