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SARTECH II Training
02 Search and Rescue Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| List and describe the 5 international stages of SAR operations as defined in the IAMSAR Manual | Awareness Stage | Initial Action Stage | Planning Stage | Operations Stage | Conclusion Stage |
| List and describe the 4 sequential phases (LAST) of SAR Operations | Locate Phase - Access Phase - Stabilization Phase - Transport Phase |
| Describe the role of the U.S. National SAR Committee and the 2 documents for which it is responsible | This committee carries out the responsibilities for the United States as a national SAR organization. It is responsible for the U.S. National SAR Pland and U.S. National SAR Supplement to the IAMSAR Manual |
| Describe the COSPAS-SARSAT system | COSPAS-SARSAT is an international humanitarian SAR system that uses satellites to detect and locate emergency beacons carried by ships, aircraft, or individuals. |
| Describe the roles of the 3 major types of distress radio beacons | ELT - Emergency Locator Transmitters - most aircraft are required to carry these | EPIRB - Emergency Position Indicating Beacons - handheld portable radio transmitters for maritime use | PLB - Personal Locator Beacons - carried by individuals person |
| List the federal SAR coordinators for the U.S. and describe their respective regions of responsibility | U.S. Air Force is the federal SAR coordinator for aeronautical SRR for continental U.S. | U.S. Pacific Command coordinator for aeronautical SRR for Alaska | U.S. Coast Guard for aeronautical/maritime for Hawaii and waters over which U.S. has jurisdiction |
| Describe the U.S. National SAR Supplement , to the IAMSAR Manual and the 2 current U.S. addendum | Supplement documents include policies, information, and procedures on civil SAR matters. There are currently 2 addendums; the Land SAR Addendum and the Catastrophic Incident SAR Addendum |
| Describe the purpose of the National Incident Management System (NMIS) | NIMS provides a systematic, proactive approach to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government, non-government organizations, and private sector to work together seamlessly through an incident |
| Describe the purpose National Response Framework (NRF) in the U.S. | NRF is a guide that details how the U.S. responds to all types of disasters and emergencies, from the smallest local incident to the largest national catastrophe |
| Describe at least 4 typical operations conducted by a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force | Physical & technical SAR ops in damaged structures | Physical & canine SAR over wide urban areas | Emergency medical care (responders & victims) | Reconnaissance | Assessment/shut-off utilities | Hazardous materials eval |Stabilizing structures |
| Define what an Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is | A national interstate mutual aid agreement that enables states to share resources during a governor-declared emergency or disaster providing timely and cost-effective relief |
| How does EMAC work | Requesting and deploying resources is done at the discretion fo the impacted state. There are 13-steps in the EMAC process |
| Explain how the AMBER Alert Program can be used for SAR | Instantly galvanize an entire community to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of any missing or child abduction case |
| Explain how the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children tool can be used for SAR | Using sate-of-the-art technology; highly trained professional; staff; interns; and volunteers work with U.S. Dept of Justice to help law enforcement find missing children and address child sexual exploitation/victimization |
| Define catastrophic incident | Any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions |
| Define ELT | Emergency Locator Transmitters - An emergency radio beacon used by most aircraft that usually operates on both 121.5 MHz and 406 MHz frequency |
| Define EPIRB | Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons - A distress radio beacon for use in maritime applications transmitting on the 406 MHz distress frequency via satellite and Earth stations |
| Define international conventions | Written agreements between countries, used to establish rules between them |
| Define major disaster | Any natural catastrophe, which in the determination of the President causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance |
| Define NIMS | National Incident Management System - A consistent, flexible, and adjustable national framework within which government and private entities at all levels can work together to manage domestic incidents, regardless of their size, location, or complexity |
| Define national preparedness goal | Identifies the core capabilities necessary for the preparedness providing for national threats including acts of terrorism, cyber-attacks, pandemics, and catastrophic natural disasters |
| Define NRF | National Response Framework - A guide to how the U.S. responds to all types of disasters and emergencies |
| Define PLB | Personal Locator Beacon - Portable units designed to be carried by an individual person instead of on a boat or aircraft |
| Define positive control | The separation of all air traffic within designated airspace by air traffic control |
| Define RCC | Rescue Coordination Center - A unit, recognized by a cognizant international body, responsible for promoting efficient organization of SAR and coordinating the conduct of SAR withing a SRR |
| Define Search and Rescue Coordinator | One or more persons or agencies within an Administration with overall responsibility for establishing/providing SAR services, and ensuring that planning for those services are properly coordinated |
| Define SRR | Search and Rescue Region - an area defined dimensions, associated with a rescue coordination center, within which SAR services are provided |
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