Reconnaissance Pt II

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Reconnaissance (Pt II)
Victoria Rescue Training

• Quick recap
• Building/Victim Markings
• Identification of building areas
• Briefing
• Mapping
• Practical Exercise

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Quick Recap

• What does CART stand for?
• C Continuous
• A Accurate
• R Rapid
• T Thorough

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Quick Recap

• What does T-CHARD stand for?
• T Task
• C Casualties
• H Hazards
• A Access
• R Resources
• D Damage
• It is both guide to what to look for and to
  reporting back findings

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Victim Markings

• Used to identify location (or potential location)
  of a victim
• Need to be drawn (crayon) or spray painted so
  they are visible
• Must be updated when situation changes!

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Victim Markings

Potential victim area
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Victim Markings

Confirmed victim location
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Victim Markings

Dead and/or Alive victim location (Confirmed)
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Victim Markings

Only dead remain (live victims removed)
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Victim Markings

All victims removed
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Building Markings

• Building markings indicate status of a building
  or structure
• When a team went in
• When they came out
• What hazards they found
• What casualties they found
• Not a detailed reconnaissance report
• You really only need to know they exist!

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Building Markings

• INSARAG system
• At structure entrance
• Size 1m x 1m
• English text
• International orange

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Barrier Tape

• Operational Work Zone
• Hazard/Collapse Zone

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Building Side Identification
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Building Sectorisation

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Floor Labeling

• Floor labeling is often inconsistent
• USAR has a standard convention
• Think about a building like Rankine-Brown!

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Briefing

• Generally only team leader and deputy will attend
  a briefing given by the incident controller
• Both should take notes
• Team leader then briefs the team
• Team members should take notes at this point

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Briefing

• Briefing will consist of at least
• Situation
• Task
• How Task is to be achieved
• Communications
• Questions should wait until the end
• Make sure you are told and note down a reporting
  back time

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Mapping

• We can make maps of an area being searched to
  help us remember what we found and where.
• Your map does not have to be 100 accurate or
  tidy as long as you can understand it!
• Information will generally be transferred to a
  larger more accurate map when reporting back.

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Mapping

• If you dont know size of area to be mapped be
  prepared to use several pages!
• Better to draw larger maps over multiple pages
  than end up with tiny unreadable drawings.