Urban Search Management
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The following two courses are sponsored by the National Association of Search and Rescue and co-hosted by Larimer County Search and Rescue.
These new NASAR courses are designed to train Law Enforcement Investigators, Search and Rescue Coordinators, and Search and Rescue Team Members to manage the “search” aspects of a missing person incident in the urban setting.
Both courses are POST Certified.
The classes are limited to 40 people each.
Registration: Urban Search Management Registration Form
Lodging and Meals: You are on your own. There are many hotels/motels and restaurants in the Fort Collins area.
Contact:
For any questions about the courses, please contact:
Sandy Jordan
Course Coordinator
Larimer County Search and Rescue
Email: sjordan@larimercountysar.com
The following courses are pre-conference activities for the National Search and Rescue Conference 2015 in Estes Park, Colorado which is being held on June 4,5,6,7, 2015 - Thursday through Sunday. Please visit the conference web page at: National SARCON 2015
Urban Search Management
Topic: Managing Missing Person Searches in the Urban Environment
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location:
Emergency Services Center
1303 N Shields St
Fort Collins Colorado 80524
Course Fee: $ 70.00
Textbook: – Urban Search – Managing Missing Person Searches in the Urban Environment by Chris Young is available for purchase at the class. The cost of the book is $ 25.00.
About the Course:
Law Enforcement agencies in our cities and towns are being called upon to respond to missing/endangered persons with greater frequency. Law Enforcement agencies are frequently requesting the assistance of local search and rescue resources to help locate missing persons in their jurisdictions. We have historically thought of Search and Rescue incidents as involving missing persons in the wilderness environment. This increase in urban missing persons is expanding the mission of Search and Rescue organizations into the urban environment.
The Urban Search Management Course will prepare Law Enforcement Investigators, Managers, and Search and Rescue personnel for the specific tasks and special techniques needed for successful searching in the urban setting. This will include comparing and contrasting the Urban/Suburban/Rural Interface with the Wilderness Search processes.
Discussions will include pre-planning, vulnerability assessment, size-up, and moving into managing the Urban Search Incident from the initial Hasty Search through multiple operational periods. Special emphasis will be given to additional investigation considerations, modification and additional documentation required, and the use of Search and Rescue resources with their specialized search skills and training. Scenarios, practice sessions, and map exercises will be included.
Instructor:
Christopher (Chris) S. Young has been active in Search and Rescue since 1981, has managed searches since 1986, is the past reserve Captain for the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s SAR Team, and serves as chairman of the Bay Area Search and Rescue Council, Inc. (BASARC).
Chris is a retired Instructor for the POST “Direction and Control of the Search Function Course” for CalOES. He is currently an Instructor Trainer for the “Managing the Lost Person Incident” and “Urban Search” courses for NASAR as well as for specialized topics in Search Management, including Search Management in the Urban Environment and Investigating and Interviewing in SAR. He has also been an Instructor Trainer for the Red Cross since 1973.
Chris has written, published, and presented search management papers at NASAR conferences, the Canadian National Search and Rescue Secretariat SARSCENE conferences, the William Syrotuck Symposiums on Search Theory and Practice, The Canadian Coast Guard College, the Provincial Surete Du Quebec Police and several state Search and Rescue conferences.
Chris is co-author of the book Urban Search – Managing Missing Person Searches in the Urban Environment, published in 2007 by dbs Publications. He is also a contributing author on several other books on search and rescue.
Currently Chris is a Level 1 law enforcement reserve with the Sheriff’s Department and the City of Danville.
Urban Search Management - Train the Trainer
Become an instructor for the new NASAR URBAN SEARCH MANAGEMENT COURSE. Train Law Enforcement Investigators, Search and Rescue Coordinators, and Search and Rescue Team Members to manage the “search” aspects of a missing person incident in the urban environment.
The Instructor/Train the Trainer Course is a separate course from the “Urban Search Management” course described above. The Instructor Course has a separate fee and will provide an additional “Instructor Certificate”.
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location:
Emergency Services Center
1303 N Shields St
Fort Collins Colorado 80524
Course Fee: $ 70.00
Textbook: – Urban Search – Managing Missing Person Searches in the Urban Environment by Chris Young is available for purchase at the class. The cost of the book is $ 25.00.
About the Course:
This special one day “Train the Trainer” workshop is designed to prepare Missing Persons Investigators and Search and Rescue Managers and Coordinators to instruct the new NASAR “Urban Search – Managing Missing Person Searches In The Urban Environment” Course.
The Workshop will include presentations of the course material, scenarios, exercises, and discussion topics. Students will receive copies of all the course material and media.
Prerequisites - Instructor candidates must:
- Complete the Urban Search Course
- Be a certified NASAR Instructor – or – be a credentialed Instructor in a related field. (Examples: POST General Instructor, Community College Teaching Certificate, Agency Certified Instructor, or similar qualification)
- Have a copy of the textbook Urban Search – Managing Missing Person Searches in the Urban Environment by Chris Young.
Textbooks will be available for purchase at the class. The cost of the book is $ 25.00.
Instructor:
This special instructor/Train the Trainer course will be presented personally by Christopher S. Young, author of Urban Search – Managing Missing Person Searches in the Urban Environment.
