Marin SAR Pre-Planning Documents

The following resources are intended to assist Marin SAR and cooperating agencies in effectively deploying Marin SAR resources.

• Marin SAR Initial Resources (people, vehicles, communications, etc)
• Management Kit (Equipment, forms, and tools required to run a search)
• Marin SAR Field Operations Guide
• Marin SAR Pre Plan
• BASARC ICS Forms
• Mountain Rescue and Wilderness Rope Rescue Services
• Hasty Search Checklist for Missing Persons (Word) (PDF)
• First Responder Check List for Missing Children (Word) (PDF)
• NTSB "Responding to an Aircraft Accident" - (PDF)

Marin high risk areas Pre Plan.. The goal is to provide quick reference information for members to review before or during a mission.

• Template (Word)
• Walker Creek (Word)

California State Office of Emergency Services OES approved new mutual aid guidelines in early 2004 for several facets of SAR, including ground searchers, mounted teams, technical rescue, dog teams and urban search and rescue. These new guidelines will reshape search and rescue in California by setting guidelines for teams responding mutual aid and how they are trained and equipped. The guidelines are available below.

These documents are directly linked to the OES web site. Additional related documents can be found there.

• SAR Mutual Aid Guidelines - Ground Searchers
• SAR Mutual Aid Guidelines - Search and Rescue Canine
• SAR Mutual Aid Guidelines - Swiftwater/Flood
• SAR Mutual Aid Guidelines - Technical Rope Rescue
• SAR Mutual Aid Guidelines - Mounted Teams
• SAR Mutual Aid Guidelines - US&R
• SAR Mutual Aid Guidelines - Alpine SAR
• Search and Rescue - Model Memorandum of Understanding
• Search and Rescue - Model Operations Plan