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Goodman and Associates (GA) was founded by Rick Goodman 35 years ago. The company was started under the company name of Clue Finders International (CFI) teaching Missing Aircraft Location, Basic SAR Skills, and Management SAR training courses. Today the company has taught courses or conducted seminars in 19 states, 6 Canadian Provinces and the United Kingdom.Rick has help develop or been ask to edit 6 training manuals. Such as Search Management for the Initial Response Incident Commander, Search Management Systems (SMS), Survival Sense for Pilots and passengers, Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT/PLB) location, FEMA Wide Area Search, and the 2009 Lost Person Behavior Guide, among others.
His work on locating ELT beacons has been highlighted in publication such as Smithsonian and Reader Digest magazines.
Rick has also been used as an Expert Witness in search and rescue matters.
Having participated in thousand of search and rescue emergency response incidents, he is well qualified to management and teach emergency response training courses.
Goodman and Associates has instructors available in the US, Canada, and the UK that are qualified to teach wilderness, urban search and rescue, emergency response, and incident command courses. All instructors have presented papers at various conferences throughout the US, Canada and the UK. Two of the current instructors served as search and rescue “Subject Matter Experts” for Texas A & M University Engineering Extension Service helping develop the new FEMA “Wide Area Search” course. Over 36 of these courses will be taught this year alone. These courses are sponsored by the US Department of Homeland Security.
Goodman and Associates prides its self in hand picking its instructors. Selecting only those that have an operational history in the subjects are asked to teach. All management course instructors have served as ICS command and general staff positions including Incident Commanders.
All courses taught by Goodman and Associates have been developed and/or edited by GA instructors.
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Now is the time to plan for fall 2011 and winter 2012 courses. Plan early and get the dates that will best meet YOUR schedule. Contact Rick today with any questions Learn More
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Upcoming Courses
December 3, 2011
Spokane, WA
SMS Practicum
Contact: CLASS FULLJanuary 20 – 22, 2011
Corvallis, OR
Search Management Systems (SMS)
Contact: CLASS FULLFebruary 17 -19
- Snohomish, WA
Contact: CLASS FULL - 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.
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Developed by Hugh Dougher for police, deputies, firefighters, rangers, searchers and others who respond to reports of missing persons.
Initial Response Notebook
More Info Here
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“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
