Class Description
Instructed by Christopher Young.
This presentation will prepare managers and searchers for the specific tasks and special techniques needed for searching in the Urban Environment. This will include comparing and contrasting the Urban/Suburban/Rural Interface with the Wilderness Search Processes, from Pre-plan through managing Urban Incidents, Special Investigation considerations, as well as the use of SAR Resources, and Documentation requirements. This presentation also covers an introduction to special considerations in Child Abduction Searches.
Chris Young has been in Search and Rescue and managed searches for 24 years, is the past team reserve Captain and is chairman of the Bay Area Search and Rescue Council (BASARC). Chris has also written, published and presented search management papers at past NASAR conferences, William Syrotuck Symposiums on Search Theory and Practice and several State Search and Rescue conferences on the subject of Search Management in the Urban Environment.