Search and Rescue Courses
​Sometimes the unexpected happens...
​Will you be prepared when it does?

Search Management
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Designed for people who will manage a Missing Person Search. 
Search Skills and Protocols
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Designed for people who will respond and deploy on a Missing Person Search.

 
All courses include classroom (Lecture) as well as practical field skills (Lab) so the learning is reinforced with practice.  
​Search Management
3-day (27 hours) course covers initial response protocols through to demobilization.

Designed so that each section is a building block to the next step in the process, by the end of the class, the students will have learned to set-up IC, prioritize scenarios, define search areas and techniques, work with specialized resources / media, determine probabilities, and the protocols for suspension of a search.
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$125.00/Student
Urban Search Management​
1 day (8 hour) course helps in understanding and contrasting the urban / suburban / rural interface with the wilderness search processes.

From the initial hasty search through multiple operational periods, students learn to effectively manage missing person searches in an urban environment. 

Designed for people who have taken a standard Search Management course.

$75.00 / Student
SAR Skills and Protocols
1 day (8 hour) course covers the basic field skills needed to provide professional SAR response. Includes skills such as compass and map navigation, man-tracking, search techniques, and more. 

2 day (16 hours) course adds in critical "first on scene" reflex actions and protocols.
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1-Day Course MN Post  #10436-0001
2-Day Course MN Post #10436-0002

$75.00 / Student​
GPS & Compass Skills
1 day (8 hour) course covers the use of GPS and compass in a Missing Person Search environment.  

Includes setting up the GPS to being able to produce maps for reports.

Also includes basic compass orientation in order to utilize them for navigation in the field.

​$75.00 / Student
POST credits through the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
Courses qualify for reimbursement through Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training & Education as Specialist taught courses.
Contact us for large group discounts, or if you want to schedule a class for your group or agency