Robert T. Doyle,
Sheriff

Management Kit List
Marin County Sheriff's Office, Division of Search and Rescue

Here is a list of items that our unit always has going into the first four hours of an incident or search.  How does your list compare?
 

What you must have in your command Vehicle

    1. Current Topo maps of your entire County (Two sets)

    2. AAA Maps of Cities within your County

    3. Thomas Brothers Map Book

    4. Search Management Kit (See next Page)

    5. Good quality Copy Machine (Latest HP combination printer/copier/fax works well and is affordable)

    6. Extra Paper and Toner for copier

    8. Base station high band radio with Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Frequencies

    9. High band Portable Radio cache with similar frequencies

    10. Milar

    11. Cell Phone

    12. Ability to secure power source (generator or 110 hook up)

    13. Current Phone book

    14. Several ICS Field Operations Guides

    15. ICS Vests for all positions

    16. Folding chairs and 2 folding tables

    17. 2 White Eraser Boards

    18. T card sorter and cards (White ICS T-Cards best)

    20. All park trail maps within your county

Nice to have

    1. Lap top computer with CD ROM Topo and Thomas Brothers maps

    2. Aerial Photo's of your County

    3. Fax Machine with Cell Phone jack

    4. Intercom phones

    5. Second High band Base station radio

Basic Search Management Kit

Ample supply of following forms:

    1. BASARC check-in

    2. Missing person report

    3. BASARC Team assignment (4-part NCR)

    4. BASARC basic subject inf.

    5. Team Debriefing

    6. Clue log

    7. ICS forms 201-214

Small, but Essential

    Yellow pads
    Pens
    Scotch Tape
    Pencils
    Ruler
    High lighter pens
    Calculator
    Milar pens
    Scissors
    Paper clips
    Cassette recorder
    Stapler
    Extra cassettes
    Signage
    Post it notes
    Zip lock bags (for maps)

Prepared by Michael St. John


The following lesson plans and training sheets are all Marin Training Division original material. We have decided to share this information with others to increase the competency and professionalism of search and rescue community. Lesson plans by themselves by no means make a complete class. Instructors who choose to use our material should be thoroughly knowledgeable in the topic. Lesson plans are only to support the instructor in being systematic and thorough. We also acknowledge that we still have much to learn and that our lesson plans may be less than prefect. We invite you to help us improve our training by sending your comments to us. The Marin County Sheriff's Office and Search and Rescue Team cannot be held liable to the for the following lesson plans. We also request that the training information not be used in any way to make money. Thank you for your cooperation

Marin County Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue Team, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 145, San Rafael, CA 94903
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