Urban Search: Managing Missing Person Searches in the Urban Environment Book

This is the first comprehensive guide to urban search. It compares factors of an urban/suburban incident with wilderness search, including preplanning, search management, special investigation considerations, use of resources, and documentation. Contributors include Kimberly Kelly, Robert Koester, and Michael St. John. The reader will learn how to: * Understand your urban environment-residential, retail, business, inductrial and/or recreational-and develop preplans accordingly. * Conduct thorough investigations and interviewing-including training search personnel in door-to-door canvassing. * Develop an accurate profile of the missing person using new urban specific data from the International Search & Rescue Incident Database (ISRID). * Use the investigation information and scenario analysis to present wasted effort on a non-search. * Take advantage of the media. * Consider the missing person's use of public transportation. * Train dogs and ground teams to be effective in the urban environment by identifying problems and safety hazards they may encounter. * Manage and evaluate documentation and clue management. * Call in mutual aid resources earlyRead More