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Lost Person Behavior

Lost Person Behavior TTT

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Lost Person Behavior: A Search and Rescue Guide on Where to Look - for Land, Air, and Water Robert J. Koester 416 pages 2008  $25 Case (32 books) 20% off

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"This week we responded to a 5-day-old search for a despondent. Opened the book, read the information, looked at our topographical map...started a bloodhound at the PLS, had ground teams situated based on what we read. Well the bloodhound and one ground searcher arrived at the same location - within 15 minutes we had the person. It was right at the transition between urban and rural and just out of sight - just as the book said. We just want to say that your book helped us TREMENDOUSLY and the police department was so impressed, they will be ordering soon!" Lynn Gardiner - People and Paws

Lost Person Behavior TTT Information

August 9-13, 2010
Blue Ridge School, St. George, Virginia  USA 

Thank-you for all who participated.  If you are interested in a Lost Person Behavior class contact us.  Instructors are available in Australia, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and throughout the United States.  Please contact us to arrange a class or find an instructor.

Lost Person Behavior Trilogy

Three great books in one place. Koester's Behavior book as the most current and comprehensive data. Hill's behavior book has the best collection of classic papers and best discussion from a subject's perspective, and Syrotuck's book is the classic that started serious profiles. It still has information not covered by the other two books. If you are serious about SAR you need to own all three.   More Information

Foundations for Awareness, Signcutting and Tracking by Robert Speiden. 268 pages 8.5 x 11", Paperback 110 illustrations, 2009  $35 Case (8 books) $252 free S&H

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Mission Statement:
dbS Productions is well known in the Search & Rescue Community as the source of search and rescue research, publications, and training. It started with research in lost person behavior with particular emphasis on Alzheimer's disease and wandering.  It provides cutting edge publications and training aids for law enforcement and search and rescue planners with the latest research.  dbS Productions also publishes a wide assortment of  search & rescue related materials and instructional courses.  It also offers services in consulting, curriculum development, research, lectures, and expert witness services. Thank-you for visiting our web-page.