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The Basics of Search and Rescue: Types, Training, and Techniques
TLDR Search and rescue involves various types such as urban, marine, combat, and wilderness rescue, with the goal of finding missing individuals and saving lives. Teams use physical challenges, stabilization methods, and technology like distress beacons and drones to locate and rescue those in distress.
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The podcast episode is titled "How Search and Rescue Works" from "Stuff You Should Know".
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The episode is about search and rescue, which includes different types such as urban search and rescue, marine or water rescue, combat rescue, and normal search and rescue where people get lost in the wilderness.
10:29
Search and rescue can sometimes turn into search and recovery, but the goal is always to find missing individuals and save lives, with the Coast Guard being at the heart of search and rescue efforts.
15:48
Search and rescue training involves various physical challenges, such as swimming long distances, carrying heavy rescue litters, and climbing rocks, and there are both private SAR schools and the Coast Guard Academy where individuals can receive training.
21:27
USAR, or US&R, is a division of FEMA that responds to urban disasters, such as collapsed skyscrapers, and they have a team of structural engineers who assess the rubble and use Kevlar bags to lift heavy debris.
27:04
Search and rescue teams use various methods to stabilize structures and assess the situation, including shoring up the area, sending in medics, using cameras and listening devices to locate survivors, and testing air quality, all while working against the clock to ensure the safety of both rescuers and those trapped.
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Search and rescue teams, including FEMA and the Coast Guard, provide assistance and resources such as medical supplies, generators, and rescue swimmers to help in natural disasters and emergencies, while distress beacons and geolocating technology aid in locating and rescuing individuals in distress.
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Distress beacons and geolocating technology allow for instantaneous communication and location tracking during search and rescue operations, while Combat SAR teams, led by the U.S. Air Force, are responsible for rescuing individuals behind enemy lines during combat situations.
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Search and rescue teams located a missing person in just two minutes after receiving their distress signal, and the person later sued for the unauthorized use of their life story in the movie "Behind Enemy Lines."
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Search and rescue teams start their search from the last place the missing person was seen and send out hasty search teams in every direction within a circle, followed by slower and more deliberate search teams.
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Search and rescue teams use various methods, such as track traps and hasty search teams, to cover every square inch of the search area, but there is a debate about whether individuals who get lost should be billed for the cost of their rescue.
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Drones can be used in search and rescue missions by downloading the Dronesar app to control the drone and its video camera.
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