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SAR TERMINOLOGY: AMRG

Personal Field Gear Lists: see Cofran list (in progress); see Comdens site; BGMGR article;

Incident Command (IC): see Wildland site; See FEMA courses (free); FEMA ICS Study Manual, BR, ICS forms

Search & Rescue general: see Wiki-SAR site; Wiki-MR site

Search Theory & Operations: see BR site; and another BR, BR, BR

Carnes, J. Effective Area Searching for Ground Team Members: POD, Critical Spacing, and Smart Search Techniques, California OES and MRA report, 1993

Search Probability Theory—SARBC, author unknown

Search Clue Awareness: see BR site

Vehicle Preparedness: see BGMGR article

Map Systems, Orienteering, GPS & Land Navigation: see WSC-Compass site; see BR site, another BR site, BR, RMRU Navigation Skills site, free Topo Map Source, Terraserver.com, satellite photos of earth, ODOT public maps, TerraFly, virtual 'fly' over USA with GIS & view by lat/long or address, 4x4books, a source for topo maps, JeEep, excellent coordinate calculator& links to topo maps of coordinates entered

Wilderness Survival:

Wilderness Medicine: see High Altitude Medicine Guide site; See Dr. Sherman's high altitude Medical Tips;BR site, Outdoor Action Guide to High Altitude: Acclimatization and Illnesses, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Travel Health: Altitude, OutdoorEd.com, Guide to Hypothermia and Hyperthermia, Hypothermia Prevention, Recognition & Treatment., Articles, Protocols and Research

From our own medical expert, Jeffrey Isaac, PA-C, his site: www.medicalofficer.net site, plus two excellent wilderness medical articles of his that are at the core of what we do medically in the field: Cosar Introduction and Cosar Protocols. These are must read artilces for CBSAR medically oriented members.

Radio Communication (terminology, etiquette, efficiency, operations, frequencies, facts to know): see WSC-Radio site; BR site

Landing Zones & Helicopter Safety:

Snowmobile Operations (safety, operation, towing, shuttle service):

Avalanche Search Operations (background, becons, probe poles, probe lines, management): see Wiki site, WSC-Rescue site; see WSC-Becons site, see WSC-Tactics, see Misconceptions article;

Denton, G. The Human Experience of Avalanche. An excellent paper regarding dealing with the stress on rescuers, survivors & friends and family of those lost to avalanches and the importance of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

Fesler, D. Is it Safe to Proceed? Guidelines for Evaluating Snow Avalanche Hazard, Alaska SAR-CON 2002, Girdwood, AK May 2002

Colorado Avalanche Information Center: http://geosurvey.state.co.us/avalanche

Canadian Avalanche Association: www.avalanche.ca

The Snow and Avalanche Center (csac.org)

Avalanche.org

Avalanche Tutorial (Manti Le-Sal Avalanche Center)

RECCO System: www.recco.com/startsida/index.asp: This is an alternate way to locate someone caught in an avalanche and is used at the CB ski area.

Search Dog Operations (facts to know, what not to do): see Avalanche Dogs site; see BR site; Purvis Article

Search Horse Operations (facts to know, what not to do):

4x4 Vehicle Operations (facts to know, what not to do):

Knots & Ropes: see BR site; see WSC-Ropes site,Animated Knot-Tying, Ropers Knot Page, with links to lots of knot pages, International Guild of Knot Tyers

Irish Climbing On-line Knot Dictionary, Subers Knots on the web, CMRU Knots

Ascend/Decend Operations (anchors, belays, descending, rappelling, ascending, pick offs): see WSC-Anchors site; BR site; BR site, BR; BR

Human Factors In SAR:

Byrd, P. Human Factors: Applications for the Technical Rescue Environment. Presented at ITRS 2002

Shimanski, C. Risks in Mountain Rescue Operations, MRA Training Module

Shimanski, C. Accidents in Mountain Rescue Operations, MRA Training Module

Shimanski, C. General Backcountry Safety, MRA Training Module

SAR Leadership:

Being a Team Leader, Mike Moxness—AMRG (28KB)

Followership. Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones. Harvard Business School Publishing. 2003. (81 KB)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Leadership and Influence: A self-study course for SAR Professionals.

rigging & Technical Rope Rescue:

Attaway, S. Rope System Analysis. 1996; Rope Rescue & Rigging Systems

Attaway, S. W. The Mechanics of Friction in Rope Rescue, International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS 1999)

Fortini, A. Use of Pickets and Flukes as snow anchors. Sierra Madre Search and Rescue, Presented at ITRS 2002.

Manning, T. W. Rescue System Mechanics, Interim Report. 2000; Rope Rescue and Rigging Systems

McKently, J., Parker, B., Smith, C. Point Loading aluminum carabiners—a cause for concern? Presented at ITRS 2003.

Moyer, T. Qualifying a Rescue Rope, International Technical Rescue Symposium 1999. 1999; Rope Rescue and Rigging Systems.

Moyer, T.; Tusting, P., and Harmston, C. Comparative Testing of High Strength Cord, International Technical Rescue Symposium, 2000

Nylon Highway, 1991. The Prusik Knot: A 60 year history. June 1991

Popall, P. Belaying with Dynamic Rope. Paper presented at ITRS 2002

Popall, P. A Little Something you should know about carabineers, Paper presented at ITRS 2003

Rigging for Rescue--NOTES. Belay Definitions, Distributed at ITRS 2003

Rigging for Rescue--NOTES. How About a Lowering System with Two-Tensioned Supporting Elements. Distributed at ITRS 2003.

Rigging for Rescue--NOTES. The T-Method for Pulley Systems. Distributed at ITRS 2003

Rigging for Rescue--NOTES. Radium Release Hitch. 3:1

Rigging for Rescue--NOTES. Mini Rope Grabs: Slow pull failure tests

Rigging for Rescue--NOTES. How Steep is Too Steep?

Rigging For Rescue--NOTES. The Purcell Prusik System *NEW

Drop Test for Tandem Prussik & Dog N Tails System. Results of how a dog n tails would catch a 210Kg load dropped 1 meter

MRA Mt. Rainier Snow Anchor Strength Test –Raw Results (Excel file)

Pulley Systems: the natural progression and system diagrams *NEW

http://cmru.peak.org/Rigging/main_sys.htm

http://cmru.peak.org/Rigging/reeve.htm

Aircraft Operations:

Shimanski, C. Helicopters in Search and Rescue Operations—Basic Level, MRA

Shimanski, C. Helicopters in Search and Rescue Operations—Intermediate Level

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