| Below you will find a sample "procedure" or "guide". I posted it here so you can get an idea of where to start with your own Search and Rescue team "Operating Procedures" or "Operating Guide". You can use it as a start for writing your search and rescue team's procedures. |
LOST PERSON SEARCH -- RESPONSE DUTIES
It is important to obtain as much information as possible concerning the subject, the subject’s behavior patterns, and possible influences on the subject’s behavior as possible. County Sheriff Dept or other Local Police Agency will be in charge of the search. Before our arrival, they will have done the initial search.
They may or may not require our trained ground searchers. They may or may not require mounted searchers.
Local Agency Responsibilities:
1. Name, Nickname(s), Aliases, Streetnames
2. Physical Description, Photographs
3. Planned route of travel and destination
4. Description of clothes and equipment worn at time of disappearance
5. Activity at time last seen, or planned activity and location, skill level
• hiking, jogging, bicycling, riding
• hunting, fishing, camping, berry picking
• resident of an inpatient or residential care facility
6. Obtain names and locations of friends, relatives, hangouts, associates, job, etc.
7. Secure home, campsite, and or point last seen as a crime scene
8. Determine if subject is alone or with others, was to meet others, and if subject was in contact with others prior to disappearance
9. Establish a command post and initiate ICS
___SAR Responsibilities:
1. Direct incoming resources to the staging area
2. Get information gathered by Agency
3. Search area Agency assigns to us
4. Clean up before departure
