The pattern of observation known as the "searcher cube" refers to:
A. actively looking for clues in an area a half-sweep-width long and a half-sweep-width wide.
B. attempting to estimate how many clues could be observed in a hypothetical square in your search segment.
C. making a practice of looking upward, downward, and in a 360 circle around you.
D. putting searchers into a four-cornered formation for a grid search.
Answer: C
Fundamentals of Search and Rescue
- "Kernmantle" means:
- The primary ingredient in manufacturing rescue rope is:
- Aluminum carabiners are __________ than steel ones.
- A "bend" knot is made by:
- When transporting patients in a litter, you should:
- When using carabineers for rescue work, one of the primary considerations should be:
- A water knot is used:
- The figure eight family of knots is a good choice for rescue work because
- Webbing can be used in a variety of ways by rescuers, including:
- Of the main types of rope construction in use, _____________ is the most commonly used construction in rescue work.
- A rope used to support people is called a:
- Your personal equipment should be checked and readied in which stage of the SAR incident?
- If your instructions had been to maintain a searcher interval of 20 meters, how far apart would you report in the debriefing that your searchers were in the assignment?
- If your instructions were to use "10-compass 15-30," what would be your guide?
- In a 5-guide right-30 formation, how many searchers in total are on your team if the team leader is on the control line?
- In a 5-guide right-30 formation, what average distance have you been instructed to place between searchers?
- ______ can be used to create an artificial line that substitutes for a natural feature to provide guidance to the search crews.
- The general name for the person to whom the other searchers look for directional guidance during the course of the assignment is the:
- One of your priorities is to determine from where your crew will start. You either use your task assignment or your observations of terrain as a starting point. You determine the direction of travel and designate a line perpendicular to that direction. Your crew lines up in the appropriate spacing along the line after you have named the person who will keep the team on the right direction of travel. The line that defines the starting points for each crew member and is perpendicular to that direction of travel is the:
- You are the crew leader of a crew assigned to do an area search. In all area searches regardless of type, a ____________ runs perpendicular to the search crew's general direction of travel throughout the assignment and defines which direction the individual searchers will look for guidance.
- You and your crew are systematically circling the subject's point last seen in an effort to find the first clue from which to track. Your crew is using the technique of:
- A hasty search is considered to be one in which there:
- You have just been assigned to a crew of field searchers on a search. The crew you are on is composed of two to four skilled searchers who have had a great deal of training and are capable of moving very quickly over the terrain to which you will be assigned. Your tasking is to search a travel route that the subject may have used. Your crew is said to be on a(n):
- Tactics such as route blocks, track traps, and patrols are referred to as _______________, even though they may occur inside the search area, and are considered ___________________ tactics.