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Continuing Education (CE) Courses - Lost Person Search and Rescue - Doolittle Rural FPD; 3/14/2024 6 pm - 10 pm & 3/15/2024 8 am - 5 pm

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Brief Description: Class Vendor: This class is available for contracted delivery from MUFRTI. Contracted Price: $2000.

Full Description: Class Vendor: This class is available for contracted delivery from MU Fire Rescue Training Institute - MUFRTI. Contracted Price: $2000.

This course will assist first responders in appropriately organizing and managing a search and rescue response. Participants will build their skills in developing search strategies and resources. A brief overview of the aspects of the search operation; and the rescue operation will be culminated with a practical field exercise in a mock search and rescue. This course was designed for either initial instruction or as a continual education refresher.

Course Objectives: Describe the search management organizational structure. Describe search management terminology. Develop a search management action plan. Describe the functional responsibilities of the search management organization. Describe lost person behavior. Conduct a lost persons interview. Understand the theory of search probabilities. Determine the best search methods based upon search area conditions and witness interview.

Student Pre-requisites: none

Training Location: Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District
281 Bauman Drive
Doolittle, MO 65550

Resources Required: Host agency provides the following: Classroom with computer, Wi-Fi access, data projector access

Student provides the following: Participants shall provide a whistle, well broken in hiking boots and clothing suitable for walking in rough terrain in prevalent weather conditions. Recommended supplies include: compass, insect repellent, sun or safety glasses, sunscreen and day pack with personal water and high energy snack.

Vendor provides the following: none