VIII-w2 Sound Sweep
VIII-w3 Critical
VIII-w4 Hasty
VIII-w5 Open Grid
VIII-w6 Closed
VIII-w7 Four Techs
VIII-w8 Need PDO
VIII-w9 Night Search
VIII-w10 POA
VIII-w11 POD
VIII-w12 IPP
VIII-w13  LKP
VIII-w14 PLS
VIII-w15 Task
VIII-w16 Evidence
VIII-w17 Secure Scene
VIII-w18 Clues
VIII-w20 Visual

Click on item of interest in left hand column.
Items correspond to OSSA questions.

Chapter VII                  SEARCH TECHNIQUES 

Through written evaluation, the applicant will identify:

w-1. Knowledge of basic search safety and its importance in SAR.
w-2. The elements of a sound sweep search.
w-3. The elements of “Critical Separation”.
w-4. The elements of Hasty search (type I).
w-5. The elements of Open Grid search (type II).
w-6. The elements of Closed Grid search (type III).
w-7. Four passive & active search techniques (confinement, attraction, track traps, road and trail blocks, camp in).
w-8. The need to perform POD estimates at the team level.
w-9. The advantages and disadvantages of searching at night.
w-10. The definition of POA (probability of area).
w-11. The definition of POD (probability of detection)
w-12. The definition of IPP (initial planning point)
w-13. The definition of LKP (last known position)
w-14. The definition of PLS (point last seen)
w-15. The importance of completing a task as it is assigned by the Incident Command.
w-16. When the searcher should seize evidence and when an investigator should seize evidence.
w-17. The elements of securing a crime scene.
w-18. The reason why searchers look for clues as well as the subject.
w-19. What to do when a clue is located.
w-20. Elements of visual detection techniques.

Through performance evaluation, the applicant will demonstrate the ability to:

p- 1. To operate in a search team, while carrying a 24-hour pack, and remaining clue aware, while employing the three primary
       search patterns (type I, II, III) in an environment that is representative of the primary area of operation for the team.
p- 2. To determine “Critical Separation” in at least two different environments, i.e. wooded and open areas.
p- 3. Locate, preserve and document items of evidence in a crime scene search.

BONUS Section

Lost Person Behavior PPT  --- A PowerPoint look at the different kinds of people that get lost and what makes them tick.

VIII B1 -- Interviewing Witnesses on a Search

VIII B2  -- Personal Locator Beacon