ASTM_F_3193_-_16.pdf

Designation:F319316Standard Guide forTraining of a Land Search and Rescue Team Leader1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F3193;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 Thisguideestablishestheminimumtrainingrequirements,including general and field knowledge,skills,and abilities,for personnel who lead land search and rescueteams.1.2 Land Search and Rescue Team Leaders direct search andrescue teams on the surface of the land only,including urban ordisaster areas that may be isolated or have lost supportinginfrastructure.1.3 This guide does not provide the minimum trainingrequired for conducting rescues in partially or fully collapsedstructures,in or on water,in confined spaces,or underground(such as in caves,mines,and tunnels),or in mountainousterrain.1.4 Personnel trained to this guide alone are qualified toconduct or lead search and rescue operations on non-technicalterrain.1.5 Personnel trained to this guide alone are not qualified todirect rope rescues.No knots,rope work,or high angle or lowangle rescue skills are included in this guide.1.5.1 The minimum training required for rope rescue can befound in Guides F2752,F2954,and F2955.1.5.2 Personnel trained to this standard and having a RopeRescuer Endorsement(Guides F2752,F2954,F2955)arequalified to supervise rope rescue teams of equal level or lower.1.6 A Land Search and Rescue Team Leader can be utilizedas a team leader for land search or rescue teams,a singleresource,or a support person for a canine search team.1.7 Land Search and Rescue Team Leaders are eligible tosupervise Land Search,Land Rescue,Land Search and Rescue,and Untrained teams or crews as defined in ClassificationF1993 for non-wilderness and wilderness operations.In addi-tion to meeting the requirements of this guide,Search andRescue Team Leaders shall have the identified endorsement forthe reason identified:1.7.1 Mountainous TerrainSearch and Rescue TeamLeaders shall meet the requirements of Guides F3027 orF3028;1.7.2 Alpine TerrainSearch and Rescue Team Leadersshall meet the requirements of Guide F3028;1.7.3 Mountainous OperationsSearch and Rescue TeamLeaders shall meet the requirements of Guide F3175;1.7.4 ATV-ROHV OperationsSearch and Rescue TeamLeaders shall meet the requirements of Guide F3175;1.7.5 Rope Rescue OperationsSearch and Rescue TeamLeaders shall meet the requirements of Guides F2954 orF2955.1.8 Search and Rescue Team Leaders supervising MountedTeams shall also meet the requirements of Guide F2794.1.9 Further training may be required before a Land Searchand Rescue Team Leader can supervise a particular team,depending on local needs,regulations,or policies of theauthority having jurisdiction.1.10 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2F1591 Practice for Visual Signals Between Persons on theGround and in Aircraft During Ground EmergenciesF1633 Guide for Techniques in Land SearchF1773 Terminology Relating to Climbing,Mountaineering,Search and Rescue Equipment and PracticesF1993 Classification System of Human Search and RescueResourcesF2209 Guide for Training of Land Search Team MemberF2685 Guide for Training of a Land Search Team Leader(STL)F2751 Guide for Training of a Land Search and RescueTeam Member1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search andRescue and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F32.03 on Personnel,Training and Education.Current edition approved June 1,2016.Published July 2016.DOI:10.1520/F3193-16.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 F2752 Guide for Training for Level I Rope Rescue(R1)Rescuer EndorsementF2794 Guide for Level 1(Basic)Mounted Search andRescue(MSAR)ResponderF2954 Guide for Training for Level II Rope Rescue(R2)Rescuer EndorsementF2955 Guide for Training for Level III Rope Rescue(R3)Rescuer EndorsementF3027 Guide for Training of Personnel Operating in Moun-tainous Terrain(Mountain Endorsement)F3028 Guide for Training of Search and Rescue PersonnelOperating in the Alpine Environment(Alpine Endorse-ment)F3068 Guide for Contents and Use of a Position Task Book(PTB)F3175 Guide for Training and Equipping Search and RescuePersonnel Operating on Mountain Bikes(Mountain Bik