NASAR Search and Rescue Initial Actions

This 8-hour course was written by Northeast Mountain Guiding Staff, New Jersey Search and Rescue and New Jersey State Police OEM. It was designed to prepare emergency services responders to respond and take correct initial actions as an individual in starting an investigation and search for missing/injured subjects. It presumes the student to be well qualified in incident command and emergency operations. This one day course will cover the duties of an incident commander, incident size-up, mission documentation, initial search tactics, and the practical applications of lost person behavior in both lecture and hands on table top sessions based on real missions.

After the completion of the course, students will be able to quickly profile a subject, plot theoretical and statistical search areas, identify the highest probability areas to deploy SAR resources, have direction as to additional investigation paths and rapidly field tasks to ensure the best possible outcome for the subject.