Feb 15, 2016
Search and Rescue
Search: To locate persons in distress
Rescue: To retrieve persons in distress, provide for their initial medical or other needs, deliver them to a place of safety and get your teams out safely.
Search is often the more time-consuming task:
• Where to look?• What resources to use?• How long do you look?• How to best keep track of your
resources.
• “What hampers me as a searcher is that I don't think like a lost person (well, mostly ...). Maybe one (two?!?) out of 10 times have I looked at a map, waved my divining rod over it and said: "There!" and been anywhere close to right. Each SAR is like learning all something new each time. So the priority tools (and tech devices), for me, would be those which contribute to better organizing and visualizing the SAR and the terrain.”
GIS & MapSAR Significantly Enhances Situational Awareness And Provides a Common Operating Picture
Walk, Ride, Fly
Tasks
Analysis
InvestigationsOperations
Debriefing
Planning
Equipment
Team
Briefing
Search
Field Updates
DispatcherDispatcher
Log
Assignments
Helos,Trucks
Ops
Clues, Location, etc.Orders
Air Ops
Dog Ops
ResourceUnit
Logistics
LeadInvestigator Investigator
Assignments
Clues, Location, etc.
Clues, Location, etc.
SAR Information and Resource Flowchart
Walk, Ride, Fly
Tasks
Analysis Investigations
Operations
Debriefing
Planning
Equipment
Team
Briefing
Search
Field Updates
DispatcherDispatcher
Log
Assignments
Helos,Trucks
Ops
Orders
Air Ops
Dog Ops
ResourceUnit
Logistics
Spare Ovals
Investigator
Clues, GPS Locations
Assignments
Maps:Team, Briefing
Assets
Flex ViewerTo GIS Server
MapSARArcGIS 10
Teams
Clues,GPS Tracklogs & Waypoints
Clues
Common Operating PictureAvailable to All
ArcGIS Explorer Desktop
Reports
Analysis: Surface Created with Cross Country Mobility Analysis with Roads and Trails
Dementia STATS
Pre-planning: MapSAR Structure and MED
3D Image (ArcGIS Explorer or ArcGlobe): Effective Visualization of terrain for teams and Incident Command
Used with GIS Server, Greatly Enhanced Common Operating Picture
Using GIS in SAR:The Map is Not the Territory
Understand the mapping software you use.Practice with different types of coordinate systems and converting between them.
A Good Day for SAR: Yosemite Ranger Dave Pope withChild, Merced River, Yosemite National Park
George Durkee: [email protected] GIS in SAR for Emergency Responders:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sar-and-gisFiles at: http://sierranaturenotes.com/GI$/