Search and Rescue:
	There are many different definitions of search and rescue, depending on the agency involved.
		United States Coast Guard: Use of available resources to assist persons or property in distress
		Parks and Wildlife: use of available resources in search for privision of aid to persons or property which are feared to be in danger

Types of Search and Rescue
	Wilderness SAR: Wilderness SAR (WSAR) typically consists of a known number of missing persons within an unknown/defined search area
		Ex. Single hunter doesnt return from hunt
	Wide Area SAR: Consists of an unknown number of missing persons within an unknown/undefined search area
		Ex. Hurricane impacted unknown amount of persons across large area
	Urban SAR: consists of unknown number of missing persons within a known/defined search area
		Ex. world trade center attacks impacted unknown number of persons inside of known/defined area

Need for SAR:
	First question becomes "What happened" in the wilderness search response
	Wander away - child, elderly, etc
	Overdue - hiker, hunter, etc
	Despondent - seeking solitude
	Crime victim - involuntary
	All of this to say, the wilderness search response begins upon notification to emergency responders of the missing person
	Upon receipt of such notification, the emergency responders will initiate various emergency response protocols

Pre-Planning/Pre-SAR
	Pre-Planning: crucial to every SAR operation to be conducted
	ICS must form and plan a strategy to conduct such operations
	Control and coordination of emergency response providing a common heirarchy within which responders from multiple agencies can be effective

Initiating Search/Dispatch
	Once the suspect has been reported missing, emergency responders will recieve dispatch notification
	The information is initially recieved by the dispatchers will assist in determining the intitial search management approach
	Any combo of the folling sources may be dispatched:
		Law enforcement
		Fire dept
		EMS
		Parks/Wildlife
		National Guard
	The one agency that should be asked to respond is the fire department over any other department
	Do not tell other department in the jurisdiction to back off, make good use of the resources and take lead in operations
	Don't be a jerk
	If you get shot at, do not say multiple lines in radio.
		Ex.
			58
			paw
			shots
			fired

Commonly used phrases for SAR
	Search: Locating the person(s) will be the first objective. Information gathering will assist with determining where to search
	Rescue: This strategy should center on the safe and speedy removal of the person(s) from the hazardous environment
	Recovery: If it is determined the person(s) we are there to help is deceased
	Probability of Comtainment: A term used for any portion of the search area
	Last Known Point: A verified piece of equipment or evidence belonging to subjects
	Search Area: Area determined by search planner where SAR personnel will search
	Likely spots: Any place that may attract a lost person
		Ex. water, caves, shelters, and viewpoints

Search Tactics
	There are two overarching search strategies:
		Passive (Indirect)
		Active (Direct)
	Passive (Indirect) search will tpyically have a greater resource requirement but lesser technical skill requirement
	Active (Direct) wearch will be the brush busting, labor and energy expending form of search that will require fewer resources but greater technical skill.
	For both types, it is often desirable to start in Likely Spots*

Active (Direct) Search Types
	There are a couple of search strategies that include the five search tactics that are most commonly used to conduct active searches
	Rapid (Hasty): This is a quick and efficient search strategy conducted by small teams that travel quickly by the route of least resistance to the spots most likely to produce clues or the subject quickly
		The hasty search is generally the first tactic used in the early hours and days of a search with the hope that the subject is still alive and reponsive
	Secondary (Tight Grid): This is a thorough, slow, and highly systematic, but very inefficient search method. Usually reserved as a last resort after other search tactics have failed to provide the desired POD.
		Searchers line up on a baseline at relatively close spacing and proceed in straight, parallel, equally spaced tracks, to the extent terrain and vegetation will allow
		It is used in the later stages of a search when the chance of the subject is down and not responsive has increased
	Evidence: There are 3 significant differences between an evidence search and a secondary tight grid segment search:
		Time and urgency are decreaced; "Often requires twice the time at half the speed"
		We are searching for small objects in limited areas
		The rules of evidence will be strictly enforced