How We Train.
To stay operational, a team member must attend at least 6 live or mock searches a year however you are encouraged to attend as many as possible.
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Alongside mock searches, the team holds training evenings at least every two weeks where you could cover a number of topics from first aid to navigation. It is essential to keep your skills up to date and refreshed in order for your team to function effectively and efficiently.
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Below you can find out how you begin your training as a Search Technician for NSAR and also you can find a couple of videos which show how we operate.
*DISCLAIMER* The videos are dated and show our old ICU which is now no longer in use.
This short video shows how the team could conduct a search in an unusual setting, such as a building site. Winvic building site at Raunds, Northamptonshire kindly allowed us to train there a couple of years ago to see how the team would operate and how we could improve our search technique in such an environment
A short documentary following how we conduct a typical search from start to finish. Not to mention a quick interview with one of our dog handlers; Ian. A big thank you to the students from Northamptonshire University for producing this.