Indiana DHS SAR300 Training

SAR300 - GROUND SEARCH TECHNIQUES II (OPERATIONS)

This two day course is designed to expand upon the awareness level course and provides hands-on training for field personnel to effectively participate in ground search operations as a crew member. The knowledge and skills topics covered in this operations course include...

• SAR management at the crew member level,
• survival, improvement,
• self-sufficiency,
• outdoor environmental hazards,
• outdoor clothing,
• personal equipment SAR,
• backcountry travel skills,
• land navigation,
• ground crew search techniques & tactics,
• tracking lost/missing persons,
• handling evidence & crime-scene protection,
• basic knots for SAR,
• non-technical litter evacuation,
• helicopter operations,
• and an outdoor mock search exercise.

This course is based on ASTM and NFPA standards for searching rural and wilderness environments.