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Files relating to SAR planning and search theory


searchCG.www 1702 Oct 25 1996 US Coast Guard: 'Theory of Search' Textbook (link)
database.pln 4798 Oct 20 1996 Proposed Search & Rescue Member Database Structure
FormLog.wpd 19619 Oct 20 1996 List of standard 'ICS for SAR Forms' (Word Perfect V6)
ICSmapex.pln 12576 Oct 20 1996 'ICS for SAR' Table-Top Map Exercise. text file
optimise.pln 26233 Oct 20 1996 Optimization Techniques - in the Search for a Lost Person
POAderiv.pln 3765 Oct 20 1996 Probability of Area Derivation
PODCalib.pln 7221 Oct 20 1996 Air/Ground Probability of Detection: Field Calibrations
PODCALC.DOC 21394 Oct 20 1996 Probability of Detection Calculator software description
PODEffic.pln 28546 Oct 20 1996 Accurate POD's & Efficient SAR Team Deployments
SrchPrsq.pln 6614 Oct 20 1996 Prioritizing Multiple SAR Deployments to Same Search Area
SoundIns.doc 55808 Oct 20 1996 Conducting Sound Sweeps: SAR Team Instructions (WordV6)
SoundIns.me2 47104 Oct 20 1996 Conducting Sound Sweeps: SARTeam InstructionsV2 Word6
SoundIns.txt 16698 Oct 20 1996 Conducting Sound Sweeps: Instructions to SAR Teams
SRCHMGR.DOC 5552 Oct 20 1996 Search-Manager Software - Program description/overview
Aircfpod.pln 1472 Oct 20 1996 Aircraft Probability of Detection: Heli vs Fixed-Wing
search.zip 659957 Oct 29 1996 US Coastguard 'Theory of Search'(excluding Chapter 3)
search1.zip 1304876 Oct 30 1996 US Coastguard 'Theory of Search'(Chapter 3)
trailpoa.doc 2985984 Jan 6 1997 Trail-Based Probability of Area -A terrain-based approach
gridplan.doc 91136 Feb 4 1997 'Planning the Gridsearch' -Metric & US units (Word V6)
srchpri.doc 69691 Feb 4 1997 Search Priority:Integrated Approach to Search Mgmt. WordV6
podprobi7.doc 86528 Feb 4 1997 POD & Logistic SAR Problems - in US Units (Word V6)
podprobm7.doc 94720 Feb 6 1997 POD & Logistic SAR Problems -in Metric Units (Word V6)
DeafSearch.pln 2541 Feb 8 1997 Searching Techniques for a Deaf Person
snowmob.pln 2666 Feb 13 1997 Snowmobile Accident Statistics, Behavioural Study
SegResize.pln 26380 Jun 5 1997 Decreasing Segment Size & Boundaries to Increase POD
family.pln 8516 Aug 9 1997 Handling the Family & Friends of Search Subjects
icsforms.exe 169892 Feb 22 1999 'ICS for SAR' self-extracting formset (MS Word V7)
icsforms.zip 153346 Nov 22 2000 'ICS for SAR' zipped formset (MS Word V7)
blizzard.CO 4277 Nov 4 1997 SAR Response for 260 Subjects Trapped by Blizzard
SARstats9596.BC 692 Dec 11 1997 British Columbia 95/96 SAR Statistics
POAestROW.pln 4304 Dec 11 1997 Rest of World Probability of Area Estimations
MultiResCumPOD.pln 3018 Jan 29 1998 Multi-layer searches - calculating Cumulative POD
shiftPOA.pln 2778 Mar 1 09:17 Shifting Probability of Area Formulas
BridgePOD.txt 2645 May 2 1998 Bridging POD Formula to attain GoalPOD from currentPOD
ClueDetectionProbability.pln 17620 Jun 7 1998 Clue Detection Probability factors
alzheimerSOP.doc 62464 Oct 13 08:18 SOP: Urban Search for an Alzheimer's Patient (Word6)
gsarform.doc 265728 Oct 13 08:19 SAR Incident Report Form - Natnl.SAR Secretariat, Ottawa
TrailPriority.doc 87040 Oct 20 20:11 Unifying Search Assignments - Areas & Trails (Word'97)
SrchThy1.doc 396KB Aug 20 1999 Principles of Search Theory Part I by Jack Frost
SrchThy2.doc 318KB Aug 20 1999 Principles of Search Theory Part II by Jack Frost
SrchThy3.doc 211KB Aug 20 1999 Principles of Search Theory Part III by Jack Frost
SrchThy4.doc 617KB Aug 20 1999 Principles of Search Theory Part IV by Jack Frost
SrchThy4.doc 617KB Aug 20 1999 Principles of Search Theory Part IV by Jack Frost
PrincSrchThry_S.pdf  511KB Aug 08 2000 Principles of Search Theory Parts I- IV by Jack Frost
TheoryOfSearch.zip 2.1MB Sep 12 '99 Search theory basis for maritime search planning Jack Frost
SARTheoryDefinitions.doc 443KB March 05 2000 Suggested SAR theory definitions by Don Cooper
PostMissionReviews.txt 4KB Nov 19 '99 The Process and Benefits of SAR Post-Mission Reviews
ASTM_UTM_MapMarking.doc 23KB Dec 11 '99 Standard Practice for preparing a UTM map
ResponseProcedure.doc 50KB Dec 11 '99 SAR Response Procedure for Incident Commander
SearchMgrsKit.doc 44KB Dec 11 '99 Search Managers Search Response Kit - by Cole Brown
TaskAssgLog.doc 12KB Dec 11 '99 Task Assignment Log - Assignment List - by Cole Brown
SearchMgmtfortheIC.txt 9KB Feb 18 2000 ERI Search Management for the Initial Response IC
SARRoleUrbanInterfaceFires.shw 176KB 09 March 2000 SAR Role in Urban Interface Fires
RapidResponseRule.ppt 146KB June 28 2000 How Much Effort should be applied to SAR Missions
SearchManagementSyllabus.doc 41KB July 03 2000 Proposed 'Standard' Search Management Course
AdjustmentofPOA.doc 276KB March 20 2000 Application of Search Theory to Land Search POA
IAMSAR_POD_Inst_jrf.doc 37KB Sept 10 2000 Instructions for Aviators using Sweep-Width tables
ManagingTheUrbanSearch.doc 170KB Jan 06 2001 Managing the Urban Search by Martin Colwell
PSR_EffortAllocation.zip 40KB March 20 '02 Probable Success Rate Effort Allocation spreadsheet - by Elmer Anderson
ObjectivePODEstimation.ppt 2.5MB Jan 04 2004 An Objective Method for Estimating POD - by Jack Frost
DeterminingEffectiveSweepWidths.pdf A Method for Determining Effective Sweep Widths - by Jack Frost

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