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SAR400 Ground Search I (Technician) - 20240629

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Full Description: Course Description:
This two day class expands upon the operations course and is designed for the ground search crew leader. The knowledge and skills topics covered in this operations course include: SAR management at the crew level, leadership for crew, strike & task force leader, crew safety & crew leader equipment, stress management, advanced land navigation, nighttime land navigation, & field exercises, ground crew search tactics leadership & management negotiating hazardous terrain, and an outdoor mock search exercise as a crew-leader. This course is based on NASAR standards for searching rural and wilderness environments.
Note: Since several field exercises are included in this course the student must come equipped for any weather and be prepared for physical exertion in the field..

Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Function as a crew leader and/or team leader to successfully locate a lost person during a mock exercise.
• Demonstrate the proper construction of a shelter to provide a safe and comfortable area to rest during the course of the instruction.
• Construct and properly use a life safety line and self-rappel to traverse a low or high incline to reach a suspected area of a mock lost or injured person.
• Demonstrate leadership during assigned tasks.

Prerequisites: SAR 300, Ground Search Operations
IS - 800 An Introduction to National Response Framework

Training Location: IDHS Search & Rescue Training Center/ Sheriffs' Youth Ranch
5325 N State Road 59
Brazil, IN 47834