Mountainpathfinder>> Georgia SAR>> Search and Rescue (SAR) in Georgia

Mountainpathfinder.com is beginning to fill the need for a cental point of information on search and rescue in Georgia. SAR is a broad topic, so Mountainpathfinder.com's general focus is lost-person search in circumstances other than collapsed structure rescue.

Some of the topics addressed here include:

• Some background information on search and rescue in Georgia
• Information about search and rescue dogs in Georgia
• The application of Robert Koester's statistical analysis of lost person behavior in Georgia search incidents. This includes the collection of search reports in Georgia and adjacent states for submission to Koester for analysis and incorporation into the International Search And Rescue Database (ISRID)
• Presentation of workshops or talks on the use of Robert Koester's Lost Person Behavior book in search incident planning
• The Fundamentals of Search and Rescue (FUNSAR) courses being offered in Georgia on behalf of the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
• General information about the FUNSAR course
• The SARTECH II evaluations being offered in Georgia on behalf of the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
• General information about the SARTECH II evaluation
• Some tips on SAR equipment
• Some advice on being a "subject," or playing hide and seek, for SAR dogs
• Some cool SAR tools, including free grid readers, a preventive maintenance list for you and your SAR pack, an "out-the-door" list of things to do on a call-out, and some SAR "hacks", or tips and tricks of the trade
• How to subscribe to the Georgia Search and Rescue (GASAR) email list
• The US National Grid, its adoption by FEMA and the US National SAR Committee, and why Georgia needs to adopt it as the state standard for SAR and emergency geo-referencing
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• Some students' favorite quotes or explanations from Jim's classes
• Jim's abbreviated biography
• A growing page of "just cool SAR stuff"