This 32-hour course addresses the knowledge and skills required to perform effectively as an ICS Planning Section Chief on a Type 3 Incident Management Team on a Land Search Incident. It is consistent with the structure and requirements of the National Incident Management System. In this course participants use case studies, actual scenarios, and other classroom exercises to learn and practice the techniques and processes required to track incident resources; investigate, gather and analyze information regarding the missing person and the incident activities; develop search strategy; manage the Planning Cycle; evaluate tactical effectiveness; and document and demobilize a search incident. It is based on the
Find 'Em: A Guide for Planning the Missing Person Incident Response manual. Sponsored by the Arizona Search and Rescue Coordinators Association.
Using Win CASIE III
This hands-on 8-hour workshop shows the participants how to use the Win CASIE III software during a search. The exercise goes from a hasty search through a consensus, to a full-blown, multi operational-period search.