Search and Rescue - Search Types
REMEMBER - SEARCH FOR CLUES, NOT THE SUBJECT!!!
Subjects usually take the easiest route and are often found by search and rescue teams near a trail. When searching on trails, look for tracks with close attention to soft areas.
Try to walk on the edges of the trail to avoid trampling clues/tracks.
When doing a trail search, most search and rescue teams go quickly to the outermost edge of the search area and work inwards.
Search and rescue consists of teamwork, training, and practice.
All search and rescue activities must be safety and subject oriented. All searchers entering the search area must be prepared to survive on their own, search for the lost subject, navigate over varied terrain, communicate with other searchers, direct assistance to your position, and assist in first aid and extraction of the subject.
Searchers never travel alone. Survival outdoors depends on being prepared,
having knowledge of the outdoors, proper equipment, and a positive attitude.
Searching requires skills learned through search and rescue training, practice of these skills, and carrying the recommended gear.
