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Search and Rescue Search: To locate persons in distress Rescue: To retrieve persons in distress, provide for their initial medical or other needs, deliver them to a place of safety and get your teams out safely. Search is often the more time-consuming task: Where to look?
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Search and Rescue • Search: To locate persons in distress • Rescue: To retrieve persons in distress, provide for their initial medical or other needs, deliver them to a place of safety and get your teams out safely. • Search is often the more time-consuming task: • Where to look? • What resources to use? • How long do you look? • How to best keep track of your resources.
“What hampers me as a searcher is that I don't think like a lost person (well, mostly ...). Maybe one (two?!?) out of 10 times have I looked at a map, waved my divining rod over it and said: "There!" and been anywhere close to right. Each SAR is like learning all something new each time. So the priority tools (and tech devices), for me, would be those which contribute to better organizing and visualizing the SAR and the terrain.”
GIS & MapSAR Significantly Enhances Situational Awareness And Provides a Common Operating Picture
SAR Information and Resource Flowchart Field Updates Clues, Location, etc. Orders Debriefing Dispatcher Dispatcher Clues, Location, etc. Log Analysis Clues, Location, etc. Ops Search Lead Investigator Planning Investigator Dog Ops Air Ops Tasks Investigations Operations Walk, Ride, Fly Equipment Briefing Assignments Assignments Helos, Trucks Logistics Team Resource Unit
Common Operating Picture Available to All ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Spare Ovals Field Updates Clues, GPS Locations Debriefing Orders Flex Viewer To GIS Server Dispatcher Dispatcher Clues, GPS Tracklogs & Waypoints Log Investigations Analysis MapSAR ArcGIS 10 Ops Investigator Search Operations Dog Ops Clues Air Ops Planning Reports Tasks Walk, Ride, Fly Maps: Team, Briefing Assignments Equipment Briefing Assignments Assets Teams Logistics Helos, Trucks Team Resource Unit
Analysis: Surface Created with Cross Country Mobility Analysis with Roads and TrailsDementia STATS
3D Image (ArcGIS Explorer or ArcGlobe): Effective Visualization of terrain for teams and Incident Command
Used with GIS Server, Greatly Enhanced Common Operating Picture
Using GIS in SAR: The Map is Not the Territory
Understand the mapping software you use. Practice with different types of coordinate systems and converting between them.
A Good Day for SAR: Yosemite Ranger Dave Pope with Child, Merced River, Yosemite National Park
George Durkee: gedurkee@sonic.net Using GIS in SAR for Emergency Responders:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sar-and-gis Files at: http://sierranaturenotes.com/GI$/