Designing and delivering exceptional Search and Rescue training programs and opportunities for over 35 years
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Wilderness Search and Rescue Training:
Basic Search and Rescue Skills
SAR management and SAR field response have changed greatly in the past few years. Searches no longer last for days or weeks. Usually they are over in 24 to 48 hours. Guidance to SAR field responders on the best practices and techniques to use and is designed to be used by both new SAR field responders and experiences SAR field and management personnel. A CD of this course is available to conduct your own “BASIC SAR RESCUE SKILLS” training. Slides are unlocked on this CD so you can add or subtract slides to meet your own organizations training needs.
Course length: 2 – 3 days.
Search Team Leadership Skills
(How to Search and How to Lead a Search Team)
This course covers skills needed in order to be able to perform as a leader of a search team. Some of the units covered in this course are, team leader duties, responsibilities, overview of a search team, how does a team leader lead, tasks, job description, team leader knowledge and skills.
Course length: 2 – 3 days.
Search Management Systems (SMS)
Regardless of how large or complex a search becomes, the proper initial actions are identical and crucial to success. Effective initial actions can maximize subject survivability and detention, minimize cost, and establish a firm foundation for those incidents that become unusually complex. The SMS course focuses on providing participants the tools needed to confidently make decisions which will maximize the saving lives. This course meets the requirements for DHS/FEMA NIMS IS-200 and NWCG NIIMS I-200. This is our most popular training course.Course length: 24 hours.
SMS Practicum
This new 8 hour course was designed to give students supervised practical application management training previously studied. This course is the “next step” for students that have completed the SMS, SMIRC, or other management training courses such as Management the Search Function (MSF), Managing Search Operations (MSO), and the NASAR Managing the Lost Person Incident (MLPI).Course length: 1 day.
Search Management for the Initial Response Incident Commander (SMIRC)
Most SAR incidents are received by personnel who have little or no background/knowledge of SAR, yet because they are the responsible agency they must begin actions. The authors of this course have developed a “best practices” SOP (6 steps) and field guide that leads the course participant though the “must do” task for the first operational period (0 to 24 hours).-
An Instructor CD of this course is available to conduct your own SMIRC training. Slides are unlocked on this CD so you can add or subtract slides to meet your own organizations training needs.
Course length: 2 days.
Urban Search and Rescue Training:
Urban Search Management For The Initial Response Incident Commander
Managing urban search and rescue operations can be among the most difficult and challenging Search and Rescue task the experienced Incident Commander may ever be asked to undertake. No text or course has previously existed that focuses and adapts the principles of wilderness rural search management on the urban situation.Course length: 2 days.
Why use Goodman and associates for your training needs?
We are the only national search and rescue training company requiring all instructors have at least 15 years field experience participating as a SAR team member, team leader, ICS General Staff, and ICS Command Staff. Plus ALL SAR management instructors have a history of representing agencies as Incident Commanders. Instructors have proven instructor skills and have conducted training throughout North America, Canada, United Kingdom, Arctic and Antarctica All Goodman and Associates instructors have presented SAR Papers and periodicals nationally, and have a history of presenting workshops at national international SAR conferences.
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS TRAINING?
This seminar is designed for experienced rangers, deputies, SAR team members, land management law enforcement officers, rural fire and emergency services personnel, and other paid and volunteer personnel responsible for initiating or implementing search actions for missing persons. In short, it’s appropriate for anyone who has had experience and is concerned with what to do when faced with a missing person report.
NEW!
Initial Response Notebook
Developed by Hugh Dougher for police, deputies, firefighters, rangers, searchers and others who respond to reports of missing persons.
More Info Here-
Upcoming Courses
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August 14-15, 2010
- Kemmerer, Wyoming
Basic SAR Skills
Sponsor: Lincoln Co. SAR
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August 21, 2010
- Evanston, Wyoming
SMS Practicum (New Course)
Sponsor: Unita SAR
Contact: Rick -
August 20-22, 2010
- Crescent City, CA
Search Management Systems (SMS)
Sponsor: Del Norte County Sheriffs Office SAR Team
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September 24-26, 2010
- Bend, OR
Search Management Systems (SMS)
SMS Practicum
Sponsor: Deschutes Sheriff's Office
Contact: Al Hornish
CLASS FULL November 5-7, 2010
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
Search Management Systems (SMS)
Sponsor: New Mexico State Police
Contact: Rick - More Courses
Would you like to host a course?
We have had a number of inquires about attending courses outside their own area. If you are tentative about hosting a course because of not thinking you could fill one, please contact Rick@SearchAndRescueTraining.com and he will send out email to a number of folks that are looking for courses to attend. We have had inquires from most states and even Africa wanting to attend courses. By attracting outside participation course cost can also be reduced.
News
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Plan for the 2010 spring and summer. Get the dates you want, that will best meet YOUR schedule. Rick at Search and Rescue Training is available to work with you on dates, course cost etc.
For planning purposes, typical cost for the “Search Management Systems (SMS)” workshop, updated June 2009, is approximately $130.00 per student plus a $40.00 charge for the a 300 page SMS workbook. Cost includes all instructor travel, fees etc. Training will be advertised on this website if your wish course to personnel outside of your area.
Cost for the New “SMS Practicum” 8 hour course is fixed at of $650.00 per class; includes Field Handbook and all handouts plus instructor expenses – transportation, motel, food etc., to and from class location. Training will be advertised on this website if your wish course to personnel outside of your area.
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“Really enjoyed the class. I've been telling the SAR coordinator that MSO was a good class but something was missing. This seminar fills that gap nicely.”
“The planning process works! Once we get people trained under this new system things will run much smoother.”
” Just a note to say I enjoyed the class. The course was outstanding and it brought out the true sense of the "real" searches.”
For More Information Contact
Goodman & Associates
9519 Admiral Dewey Ave. NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111
505 238-8669
Rick@SearchAndRescueTraining.com
