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.
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