Extended Search Planning (Management) Aug 2018

EXTENDED SEARCH PLANNING
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS FORMAL SEARCH PLANNING
It is widely accepted that 94% (or thereabouts) of all search and rescue operations are resolved within the initial response phase, using search management techniques learnt on the Managing The Initial Response (MTIR) course.
Bu what happens when you don’t locate the missing subject in that first phase? This is when you have to start applying a more formal approach to search management and operate over an extended period.

The ESP course covers topics such as:
Review of the initial response phase
Determination of the search area
Scenario development and analysis (in more detail)
Planning regions and apportioning POA to those
Segmenting regions and apportioning POA to those
Search implementation (right resources in the right place at the right time)
Search effort evaluation and the reallocation of POA and search effort
Operational changeovers
Search suspension
Critical incident stress
Operational debriefs
Managing external influences

The course is designed for those who have already attended the MTIR course and ideally have some search management experience under their belts. The training will enable participants to confidently contribute in a team environment to the search planning and incident management needs of an extended search operation.

Minimum number of attendees - 16