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Guidelines for Grid Searchers
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From: Search and Rescue Fundamentals, Basic Skills and Knowledge to Perform Search and Rescue, 3rd. ed., Cooper, LaValla, Stoffel

·   Stay alert, focus

·   Use all of your senses

·   Look behind you

·   Make noise at intervals, then become silent for awhile and listen

·   Be prepared to take care of yourself during the search and in case of personal emergency

·   Know the names and dress of searchers on either side; if they change outer layers, take note, if you do, notify them

·   At night, keep your light out of the eyes of others; headlamps are the ticket

·   Don’t overlook the obvious; talk to people, look in places that seem too obvious to consider; “More than one search have (sic) ended when the subject was found helping in the search.”

·   Do not talk to family or media

·   Search for clues

·  Safety of the searchers is more important than the mission