Pre-Response Emergency Tips
The information below is intended to provide guidance to an Incidence Command Officer or Base Camp Operator when preparing to initiate a search.
Call in search dogs as part of your initial Response Team.
Dog/handler teams are trained to respond day or night.
Gather good maps of the area and have several copies available for search personnel.
Gather accurate information on the person such as description; clothing/shoes; habits; health; age.
Set up command post away from the Point Last Seen.
Preserve the Point Last Seen.
Establish communications and have radios available.
Have personnel very familiar with the area as a resource for the search.
Start to divide the area into search sectors using natural boundaries, roads, streams, etc.
Make sure the dispatcher has good directions for the responders.
Call in search dogs as part of your initial Response Team.
Dog/handler teams are trained to respond day or night.
Gather good maps of the area and have several copies available for search personnel.
Gather accurate information on the person such as description; clothing/shoes; habits; health; age.
Set up command post away from the Point Last Seen.
Preserve the Point Last Seen.
Establish communications and have radios available.
Have personnel very familiar with the area as a resource for the search.
Start to divide the area into search sectors using natural boundaries, roads, streams, etc.
Make sure the dispatcher has good directions for the responders.