SAR Mini-Lessons

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• Required Gear and Clothing List
• Ground Search Techniques
• Probability of Detection (POD) - Part 1
• Probability of Detection (POD) - Part 2
• Clothing for SAR - Part 1
• Clothing for SAR - Part 2
• Basic Radio Communications
• Basic Knots - Part 1
• Basic Knots - Part 2
• Orienteering - Part 1
• Topo Map Reading
• The SAR Pack
• Hypothermia
• Fire starting techniques
• Low-hassle Hot Food and Drinks on SAR Assignments
• Insect Bites
• Snake Bites
• Basic Communications for the SAR Grunt
• SAR Cutting Tools, Part I
• SAR Cutting Tools, Part II
• The SAR Pack, Part II
• The SAR Pack, Part III
• Less Basic Communications
• Lat/Lon, Mercator's, Lambert's (Oh My!), A grunt's introduction to map projections
• "New" Perspectives on Ground SAR Planning