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A Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue Op
for
Joseph Robert Clewley
Missing since July 13, 2008

by
Michael A. Neiger (a.k.a. LandNavMan)
Senior SAR Team Leader
Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue
Marquette :: Michigan

SAR ops management books and Internet resources

Page contents
     • SAR ops management books (rev. 08-19-08)
     • SAR ops management Internet resources

Even the Gods dwelt in the woods.
—Vergil, 70-19 B.C., Eclogues

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Advanced Search and Rescue (ADSAR), (National Association for Search and Rescue, 1997)

This 133-page, paperback, National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) course text—Advanced Search and Rescue (ADSAR)—covers the requirements for the Search and Rescue Technician (SARTECH) Level I certification.
—LandNavMan

 

 

ESAR—Team Member and Team Leader Training Manual, by John Wartes, Jim Granger, and Bill Rengsgtorf (Chief Seattle Council, Boy Scouts of America)

 

Fundamentals of Search and Rescue, by Donald C. Cooper (Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2005)

This 341-page, paperback, National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) course text—Fundamentals of Search and Rescue (FUNSAR)—covers the requirements for the Search and Rescue Technician (SARTECH) Level III & II certification.

Profusely-illustrated in full color, this manual is chock-full of essential reading on SAR procedures and equipment. Chapter 13 presents a 12-page look at the art and science of man-tracking and sign-cutting.
—LandNavMan

 

Introduction to Search and Rescue, 2nd Edition (National Association for Search and Rescue, 2008)

This National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) course paperback—Introduction to Search and Rescue (ISAR), 2nd edition—covers the requirements for the Search and Rescue Technician (SARTECH) Level III certification.
—LandNavMan

 

 

 

Managing the Lost Person Incident, 2nd edition, Kenneth Hill (National Association for Search and Rescue, 2007)

This 351-page, paperback, National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) text—Managing the Lost Person Incident (MLPI), 2nd edition—covers all phases of land search management.
—LandNavMan

 

 

Mountain Rescue Techniques, by Wastl Mariner (Mountaineers, 1968)

 

Mountain Search for the Lost Victim, by Dennis Kelley (Search and Rescue, 1973)

 

Mountain Search and Rescue Techniques, by W. G. May (Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, 1973)

 

Rescue From the Backcountry—The Basic Essentials Of, by Buck Tilton (ICS Books, 1991)

 

Search and Detection, 4th edition, by Alan R. Washburn (Institute for Operations Research and the Management of Sciences, 2002)

 

The Textbook for Managing Land Search Operations, by Robert C. Stoffel (Emergency Response International, Inc., 2006)

This massive, 2.5-pound, 540-page manual—The Textbook for Managing Land Search Operations— replaces Search is An Emergency. According to the publisher, this tomb has been the cornerstone of SAR managers in 13 countries for over 30 years. This must-have book is spiral bound and punched for a three-ring binder.
—LandNavMan

 

 

Theory of Optimal Search, by Lawrence Stone (ORSA Books, 1989)

 

Wilderness Search and Rescue, by Tim Setnicka (Appalachian Mountain Club, 1980)

This 640-page, hardcover book—Wilderness Search and Rescue—covers a "complete system of skills and techniques" adaptable to nearly any SAR situation. Some 150 photographs and 170 line drawings compliments the text.
—LandNavMan

 

Mountain Rescue Association

 

National Association for Search and Rescue

 

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In God's wilderness lies the hope of the world,
the great, fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness.
 —John Muir (1838-1914), Alaska Wilderness, 1890

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