EPT-5801A - Managing Land Search Ops

Course Description

Designed for those who have the responsibility of managing search operations in wilderness, rural or urban environments. This is a management-oriented course, not a field skills course. Participants will learn how to plan for, organize and manage a search effort for missing persons using incident management (ICS) or the locally established management structure.

The emphasis is on resources needed to do the job right and a recurring cycle of management processes. Participants who successfully complete this course should be able to properly manage a search effort for a lost person in the most efficient and productive manner possible. Small group discussion and case study tabletop map exercises are used throughout the course. Check with the Division of Emergency Management for any recommended prerequisites. (Reference: NC-999.17)