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ASTM F 2685 : 2014

Superseded

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Standard Guide for Training of a Land Search Team Leader (STL)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

14-07-2022

Language(s)

English

Published date

08-07-2014

€59.22
Excluding VAT

Committee
F 32
DocumentType
Guide
Pages
4
PublisherName
American Society for Testing and Materials
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

1.1This guide establishes the minimum training standard for Land Search Team Leaders as it relates to their general, field, and search-specific knowledge, skills, and experience.

1.2A Land Search Team Leader searches on the surface of the land only, including urban or disaster areas that may be isolated or have lost supporting infrastructure.

1.3This guide does not provide the minimum training requirements for searching in partially or fully collapsed structures, in or on water, in confined spaces, or underground (such as in caves, mines, and tunnels).

1.4No knots, rope, litter, or other rescue skills are required of a Land Search Team Leader.

1.5A Land Search Team Leader can be utilized as a field team leader, a single resource for sign cutting, a support person for a canine search team, and to establish search area boundaries in the field.

1.6A Land Search Team Leader is eligible to supervise Type II search teams or crews as defined in Classification F1993. Type II teams which may utilize personnel trained to this standard are:

1.6.1Kind A (wilderness);

1.6.2Kind B (urban);

1.6.3Kind C (mountainous);

1.6.4Kind J (evidence/cadaver);

1.6.5King K (missing aircraft).

1.7Further training may be required before a Land Search Team Leader can participate on a particular kind of search team, depending on the AHJ’s regulations or policies.

1.8This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory requirements prior to use.

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ASTM F 1993 : 2016 Standard Classification System of Human Land Search and Rescue Resources
ASTM F 3024 : 2013 Standard Guide for Training of a Land Search and Rescue (SAR) Strike Team/Task Force Leader
ASTM F 3070 : 2014 Standard Guide for Evaluating Area Search Dog Crews or Teams
ASTM F 3222 : 2016 Standard Terminology Relating to F32 Land Search and Rescue Standards and Guides
ASTM F 3098 : 2016 Standard Guide for Training of Non-Wilderness Land Search Team Member
ASTM F 3193 : 2016 Standard Guide for Training of a Land Search and Rescue Team Leader
ASTM F 2958 : 2014 : R2019 Standard Guide for Helicopter Inland Search and Rescue (SAR) Technician

ASTM F 1993 : 1999 Standard Classification of Human Search and Rescue Resources
ASTM F 1633 : 1997 Standard Guide for Techniques in Land Search
ASTM F 3072 : 2014 Standard Guide for Intermediate Wilderness GPS/GNSS Use (GPS/GNSS-IIW) Endorsement
ASTM F 2890 : 2017 Standard Guide for Hazard Awareness for Search and Rescue Personnel
ASTM F 1583 : 1995 : R2006 Standard Practice for Communications Procedures-Phonetics
ASTM F 1773 : 2009 : R2015 Standard Terminology Relating to Climbing, Mountaineering, Search and Rescue Equipment and Practices (Withdrawn 2024)
ASTM F 3072 : 2014 : R2020 Standard Guide for Intermediate Wilderness GPS/GNSS Use (GPS/GNSS-IIW) Endorsement
ASTM F 1767 : 2014 : R2020 Standard Guide for Forms Used for Search and Rescue
ASTM F 2209 : 2003 Standard Guide for Training of Level I Land Search Team Member
ASTM F 1583 : 1995 : R2000 Standard Practice for Communications Procedures-Phonetics
ASTM F 1993 : 2016 Standard Classification System of Human Land Search and Rescue Resources
ASTM F 1633 : 1997 : R2008 Standard Guide for Techniques in Land Search (Withdrawn 2017)
ASTM F 3068 : 2014 Standard Guide for Contents and Use of a Position Task Book (PTB)
ASTM F 1583 : 1995 : R2019 Standard Practice for Communications Procedures—Phonetics
ASTM F 2209 : 2010 Standard Guide for Training of Level I Land Search Team Member
ASTM F 2209 : 2014 Standard Guide for Training of Land Search Team Member
ASTM F 2890 : 2012 Standard Guide for Hazard Awareness for Search and Rescue Personnel
ASTM F 1773 : 2009 Standard Terminology Relating to Climbing, Mountaineering, Search and Rescue Equipment and Practices
ASTM F 1767 : 1998 : EDT 1 Standard Guide for Forms Used for Search and Rescue
ASTM F 1767 : 1998 : R2005 Standard Guide for Forms Used for Search and Rescue (Withdrawn 2014)
ASTM F 1633 : 1997 : R2003 Standard Guide for Techniques in Land Search
ASTM F 1773 : 1997 Standard Terminology Relating to Climbing and Mountaineering Equipment and Practices
ASTM F 1767 : 2014 Standard Guide for Forms Used for Search and Rescue
ASTM F 1583 : 1995 : R2012 Standard Practice for Communications Procedures—Phonetics

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