ASTM_F_2662_-_08_2014.pdf

Designation:F266208(Reapproved 2014)Standard Guide forMinimum Training of Dispatchers and Telecommunicators ofSAR Incidents1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2662;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 This guide establishes the minimum training standard asit relates to general and specific knowledge,skills,and abilities(KSA),for existing dispatchers(who have met the require-ments of Practice F1258),911(emergency)operators,andtelecommunicators to be trained for the processing and dis-patch of potential and actual search and rescue incidents.1.2 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:2F1258 Practice for Emergency Medical Dispatch2.2 Other Documents:3Triage and Dispatch for SAR Managers and Telecommuni-cationsU.S.National SAR Plan3.Terminology3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.1.1 agency,nan SAR or emergency response entity suchas an SAR team,military unit,or emergency management,police,or fire service with SAR responsibilities.3.1.2 automatic aid,naid given by another agency,auto-matically upon dispatch,when written into dispatch guidelinesor protocols.Automatic aid is generated by your Communica-tions Center by simultaneously requesting or notifying theoutside resource upon initial dispatch of incidents.Automaticaid should be arranged for search and rescue incidents andprogrammed into your CAD(Computer Aided Dispatch)system.3.1.3“emergency”and/or“lights and siren”response,nan Emergency and/or Lights and Siren response is where anappropriately trained person operates and responds in a vehicleequipped with emergency lights and siren in order to enable amore timely response to a scene or other location.3.1.4 follow-up report and information,ncritical or valu-able supplemental information gathered and reported to re-sponders after initial dispatch.3.1.5 mutual aid,naid given by another agency,case bycase,when requested by a member of a responding agency.3.1.6 SRD,Search and Rescue Dispatcher,na dispatcherwho processes calls for potential and actual search and rescueincidents(See Triage and Dispatch for SAR Managers andTelecommunications).4.Significance and Use4.1 This guide establishes the minimum training standard asit relates to general and specific knowledge,skills,and abilities(KSA),for existing dispatchers,911 operators and telecommu-nicators to be trained in the processing and dispatching ofpotential and actual search and rescue incidents.A persontrained to this guide is a Level I(basic)SAR Dispatcher.4.2 Every person who is identified as an SAR Dispatchershall have met the requirements of this guide.4.3 This guide is to be used by individuals and agencieshaving jurisdiction who wish to identify the minimum trainingstandards for Level I SAR dispatcher.4.4 This guide is only the first level of training for Searchand Rescue Dispatcher(SRD)personnel,and as such,onlyestablishes the minimum knowledge,skills,and abilities re-quired for a person to perform SAR Dispatch.4.5 Nothing in this guide precludes a user of this guide fromadding additional requirements for its own members.4.6 This guide by itself is not a training document.It is onlyan outline of the topics required for training or evaluating aLevel I SRD,but it can be used to develop a training documentor program.1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search andRescue and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F32.02 on Management andOperations.Current edition approved March 1,2014.Published April 2014.Originallyapproved in 2008.Last previous edition approved in 2008 as F2662 08.DOI:10.1520/F2662-08R14.2For 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.3Available from Kovacs,Tim and Mountain Rescue Association,http:/www.mra.org/training/Dispatch_SAR_MRA_05.pdfCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 4.7 It is up to the training authority to determine the depthor detail of training to meet its needs.4.8 This guide does not stand alone and must be used withthe referenced documents to provide the specific informationneeded by the user.4.9 This guide can be used to evaluate a book or otherdocument to determine if its content meets the necessary topicsfor training an SRD.Likewise,the guide can be used toevalu