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Tag: management

“Dog Walker” Behaviour Profile

By Michael Coyle Posted on 26/01/2018 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with management, map, rescue, SAR
“Dog Walker” Behaviour Profile

Musing on managing a recent multi day search for a missing dog walker, and a lost person behaviour profile for Dog Walkers

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High profile SAR

By Michael Coyle Posted on 04/08/2016 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with High Profile, ICS, management, media
High profile SAR

What do you do when a famous person goes missing in your search area?

SAR in BC for UAV operators

By Michael Coyle Posted on 13/01/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with emergency management, ICS, incident command system, management, SAR, technology, UAV
SAR in BC for UAV operators

Some resources on how Search and Rescue works in British Columbia for UAV operators.

Live tweeting police scanners

By Michael Coyle Posted on 22/04/2013 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with communications, management, SAR, social media, twitter

Live tweeting Boston police scanners interfered with the investigation. Compared with an incident last summer. Scanning SAR frequencies has similar effect.

Why does SAR Search for Dogs?

By Michael Coyle Posted on 08/12/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with backcountry, dog, hazard, management, policy, social media
Why does SAR Search for Dogs?

Why searching for a Dog is in the interest of public safety

US National Weather Service issues poignant warning

By Michael Coyle Posted on 28/10/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with emergency, evacuation, management

The US National Weather service issued this poignant and well worded warning today, including the following words; IF YOU ARE RELUCTANT [to evacuate], THINK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES, THINK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WHO WILL BE UNABLE TO REACH YOU WHEN YOU …

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It’s not Lupus

By Michael Coyle Posted on 21/09/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with management, SAR, search, theory

Why proposing that the subject faked his or her death is like saying they have Lupus. It’s never Lupus.

The Missing Poster

By Michael Coyle Posted on 15/08/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with image, management, missing, photo, poster, search, software
The Missing Poster
Landscape output on Letter sized paper

It’s not easy making poster for a missing person unless you’ve done some preparation. Two methods are presented for making the missing poster.

Managing my first large search: Initial thoughts

By Michael Coyle Posted on 13/08/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with Joy Zhang, Judy Yao, management, rescue, Sasamat Lake, search
Managing my first large search: Initial thoughts

Some initial thoughts on managing my first large search; one with a happy outcome

We don’t need Heroes

By Michael Coyle Posted on 30/07/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with accident, management, opinion, rescue, risk, safety
We don’t need Heroes

The Victoria Times Colonist asks if there’s leeway for first responders to be heroes, indicating they do not understand Emergency Response

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