SAR, EMS, & Disaster Links

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dbS Productions/ Koester Affiliations

• dbS Productions - President
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management - Technical Instructor, State SAR Coordinator (Disaster Reservist), Type I Incident Commander
• Federal Emergency Management Agency - Training Team Leader, Infrastructure Training Team (DAE)
• Department of Criminal Justice Services - Alzheimer's Committee member
• Virginia Search and Rescue Council - President
• Appalachian Search & Rescue Conference - Incident Commander (Area Command Authority)
  • Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group - Charlottesville, VA -ASRC BOD representative
  • Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group - Vienna, VA
  • South West Virginia Mountain Rescue Group - Blacksburg, VA
  • Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group - Pittsburgh, PA
  • Piedmont Search and Rescue Group - Richmond, VA
  • Maryland Search and Rescue Group - Columbia, MD
  • Tidewater Search and Rescue Group - Tidewater, VA
  • Potomac Valley Rescue Group - College Park, MD
  • Mountaineer Area Rescue Group - WV
• Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad - EMT-C
• Wilderness Medical Society - member
• Virginia Emergency Management Association - member
• Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association- member
• Search and Rescue Tracking Institute - Advisor
• Alzheimer's Association - Member
• SAR Camp, (master SAR distributor, carries all dbS products)
• Search Gear - dbS distributor
• NASAR Bookstore - dbS distributor
• Emergency Response Publications - dbS Great Britain publication distributor

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Massive Link Sites

• SAR Contacts - Lists over 541 SAR teams around the world

• SARBC - Collection of SAR information on every topic (anyone bored and want to count!)

• SARINFO - Another massive SAR site from Canada (anyone bored and want to count!)

• Global Emergency Management System (FEMA) - Provides over 700 links

• NASAR - 270 SAR related links

• Natural Hazards - Hundreds of Disaster, Emergency Management links

• St. Johns SAR links - Over 125 SAR and emergency management links

• Alzheimer's SAR links - 30 links specific to search and rescue and Alzheimer's sites

• Alzheimer's Links - General

• DERA Web links - Over 75 links to disaster related organizations.  International in flavor with a strong HAM radio tilt.

• Disaster Publication's Links - The EcoGateway maintains an extensive list of fire and emergency management publications.

National Coordination Pages

• Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (Langley AFB)

• National SAR School (US)

• FEMA

• Global Emergency Management System (FEMA)

• National Association of Search and Rescue

• Civil Air Patrol Headquarters

• Mountain Rescue Association

• NASA Search and Rescue Office

• National Search and Rescue Secretariat (Canada)

• COSPASS-SARSAT

• Rescue Coordination Center Network

• International Commission for Alpine Rescue

• US Coast Guard

• National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue

• International Society of Search and Rescue

• Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

• German Red Cross

State/Providence Search & Rescue Councils

• Virginia Search and Rescue Council

• Arizona Search & Rescue Council

• Arkansas State SAR Association

• Bay Area Search & Rescue Council

• Colorado State Rescue Board

• Florida Association for Search and Rescue

• Indiana SAR Association

• Kentucky SAR

• Maine Association for SAR

• Maryland Search Teams Task Force

• New Jersey "Search & Rescue Council of New Jersey"

• New Mexico Search & Rescue Council

• New York Federation of Search & Rescue Teams

• North Carolina Search and Rescue Advisory Council

• Nova Scotia Ground Search & Rescue Association

• Oregon State SAR Advisory Committee

• Pennsylvania Search & Rescue Council

• Washington Search & Rescue Volunteer Advisory Council

• West Virginia Search and Rescue Network

• Wyoming Search & Rescue Council

Regional SAR Coordination Pages

• Virginia Department of Emergency Management

• New Mexico Search & Rescue

• Washington State Emergency Management Division

• California Office of Emergency Services

• NSW Volunteer Rescue Association (Australia)

• Association of Lowland Search & Rescue (United Kingdom)

Ten Essentials Plus Information and Education

Ten Essentials Sites

• The Ten Essentials Plus:

• Survival and the ten essentials

• The Ten Essentials

• The Fourteen Essentials

• The Ten Essentials -an annotated list

• The Big List

Maps

• USGS National Mapping Information

• USGS Topographic Educational Sites

• Topographic Map Symbols

• Using a map and compass

• Maps 101 - Topographic maps, the Basics

• Maptools.com - Downloadable Map tools, overlays, educational info

• Microsoft Terraserver - online digital aerial quadrangles

• Topozone - online digital quadrangles

• Maptech Map Server -e-mail a map

• Geographic Information System - Name query

• Map Links- Links of US federal programs and services

• Map Links - Extensive educational links (Canadian)

• Introduction to Topographic Maps - Educational Software

Compass

• How to Use a compass - lesson plans, buyers guide

• Understanding and Using a Compass

• USGS Finding your way with Map and Compass

• Map and Compass fundamentals - good history

• Learning Compass basics

• Boy Scout Compass Lesson Plan

• Tracking the North Magnetic Pole

• Magnetic declination FAQ

• Compass and Map Links

• Compass Links - Scroll to bottom of site

Light Sources

• Petzel headlamps

• Product review of headlamps

• Making Constant brightness headlamps

Glasses

• Snowblindness

• Choosing sunglasses

• Eye Protection

• Skier eye protection

• Personal account of snowblindness on Everest

Water

• Water articles - links

• Water procurement

• Storing Water

• Water filters

• Filter Alert

• Filter First-Aid

• Survival Food

Clothing

• Dressing for the Cold

• Layering

• Warm while Wet

• The first layer - Second skin

Shelter/Survival

• Shelter construction articles

• Shelter construction

• How to build a snow cave

• Survival Resources

• Cold weather sleeping

Matches

• Fire starting Articles

• Fire craft

• Fire at will - Fire without the matches! Basics also

Insect Repellent

• Slap Happy

• DEET

• Mosquito's.com

• How repellant's compare

Sunscreen

• Sun Exposure

• Ultraviolet Radiation forecast map

• Does Sunscreen work

• Skin cancer

GPS

• GPS and SAR

• A practical guide to GPS - UTM

• GPSresource.com - Links, education, free newsletter

• GPS information Website - 100's of articles and links

• GPS User's Manual - Garmin info galore

• USNO GPS Timing operations

Radios

• Motorola Talk-about product review

ICS SAR Form Links

• Bay Area Search and Rescue Council - 34 different forms
• ICS Forms Online from New Mexico SAR
• Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council - Forms Packet
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management SAR Forms - 15 forms
• Kentucky State SAR Forms
• United States Coast Guard - ICS Forms 28 forms hazmat emphasis
• Cave Rescue Forms from the Eastern Region
• SARBC Forms Catalog
• South East Berkshire Emergency Volunteers
• Alzheimer's Specific Lost Person Report Form

Commercial SAR Providers (Equipment and/or Training)

• dbS Productions Publisher of SAR management and Wilderness Medicine texts, products, and training courses. Sponsor of this list.
• ERI Canada Distributes dbS Products in Canada. Specializes in training for disaster response and recovery.
• ERI International  Distributor of dbS Products: ERI is a international firm specializing in writing, designing training programs, publishing, and consulting within the complex fields of: Emergency Management, Disaster Preparedness, and Search and Rescue.
• Emergency Response International, Distributor of dbS Products: Instructor materials and network.
• Emergency Response & Research Institute (ERRI)
• National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
• Rescue Dynamics
• SAR Camp,  
• Search Gear
• Survival and Rescue Training
• www.thinicerescue.com
• Lighted Safety K-9 Harnesses

EMS/Disaster Response

• Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center

• CNN (news)

• Disaster/Rescue Page

• ERRI Intelligence Reports

• Global Emergency Management System

• Natural Hazards Research and Information Center

• U.S. National Library of Medicine

 

Other Linked Pages: Please Request if you would like a link here.

• CASIE

• Cave SAR Links

• Commonwealth Search and Rescue

• Bearthooth Search Dogs

• Sedgwick County Emergency Management K-9 Search Team.

   

• http://www.orgsites.com//md/watchmen/

• http://dlsar.tripod.ca

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• Queensland K9 Search & Rescue Group Incwww.qk9sarg.org

• Tennessee Special Response Team

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• Arizona Search Track and Rescue

• http://www.narmcems.com

   

   

  SAR RESEARCH SITES

• dbS Productions/Koester Research
• SARBayes.org - research on the use of Bayesian probability and SAR Models
• SAR Research and Development Documents
• Center for Robot SAR
• Canadian SAR Secretariat Research & Development Page
• NASA Search and Rescue Mission Office
• Ken Hill's Lost Person Behavioral research
• Centre for Search Research

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