1. Welcome to... - Search Manager!
Bringing Technology to your Search & Rescue Operation!
Training Module #1:
- Setting Up Search Manager
for first-time use
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2. Setting up Search Manager
- creating a Default Communications Plan
3. Click the ‘new-record’ button to add another Comms. record
1. Click User Data - Default Communications Plan
2. Edit this first permanent record to your Default Comms. System’s information
7. Click the ‘Exit’ button to exit the form
6. Click the ‘Save’ button to save the data
4. Add each additional Comms. Record to the Plan
Tip: a previously entered Default Comms. Plan can be quickly loaded into the Mission Comms. Plan
5. Click checkbox for each Active (currently operational) Comms. System record
7. Edit ‘BASE’ to your default Call-Sign
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3. Setting up Search Manager
2. Click the ‘new-record button to create a new Default Trail record
Setting up Search Manager
- creating Default Trails & Decision Points
1. Click User Data - Default Trails & Decision Points
4. Enter the Direction of Travel along the trail
3. Enter the
Name of the trail
7. Click the ‘Exit’ button to exit the form
6. Click the ‘Save’ button to save the data
5. Enter the Conditions experienced
along the trail
8. Enter the Access, Exit and Task hours - to search the trail
6. Enter the Length & Elevation change along the trail
Note: This information is
used in SAR calculations
Tip: previously entered Default Trails can be quickly loaded into Mission Trails
7. Enter Comments regarding
the trail
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4. Setting up Search Manager
Note: Baseline Lengths are used in gridsearch calculations
2. Click the ‘new-record button to create a new Default Search Area record
- creating Default Search Areas
1. Click User Data - Default Search Areas
4. Enter the Size
of the search area
3. Enter the Name of the search area
8. Click the ‘Save’ button to save the data
9. Click the ‘Exit’ button to exit the form
5. Enter a description of all four baselines
7. Enter the Access Hours and Exit Hours to/from the search area
6. Enter the Length of all four baseline
Tip: previously entered Default Search Areas can be quickly loaded into Mission Search Areas
Note: This information is used in SAR calculations
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5. Setting up Search Manager
2. Click the ‘new-record button to create a new Teams &
Agencies record
- creating the Teams & Agencies Table
1. Click User Data - Teams & Agencies Table
4. Enter the name of the Responsible Agency
3. Enter the Name of the team/agency
8. Click the ‘Save’ button to save the data
9. Click the ‘Exit’ button to exit the form
5. Select the team/agencies Affiliation
7. Enter the Contact Person and Address of the team/agency
Affiliations: SAR, Agency or Public
6. Enter the team/agencies primary Phone & Fax Numbers
Note: Add Additional customizable
Phone # records
Tip: Description
can be used to describe any kind
of phone number
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6. Setting up Search Manager
2. Click the ‘new-record button to create a new Personnel record
- creating the Personnel Table
1. Click User Data - Personnel Table
4. Select the person’s Team/Agency
3. Enter the Name of the person (first name, last name)
8. Click the ‘Save’ button to save the data
9. Click the ‘Exit’ button to exit the form
- Previously entered in the Teams & Agencies Table
7. Enter Skills information for the person
6. Enter the
Address, Private, Kin
& Medical
information
Tip: People previously listed in the Personnel Table can be quickly Checked-In to a mission
5. Enter Contact information for the person
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7. Setting up Search Manager
Tip #1: Creating your own bitmap map images is strongly recommended
- Selecting Background Images
1. Click Planning - Select Background Images
Tip#2: Mark your map images with default Trails and Search Areas
Tip #3: Use you own map image as the background image for
the mission
2. Select a background bitmap image file
3. Select the display style for the background image
logos
portraits
4. Click the ‘Save & Exit’ button to display the selected image
topo-maps
images
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