ASTM_F_2209_-_14.pdf

Designation:F220914Standard Guide forTraining of Land Search Team Member1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2209;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 require-ments for land search personnel as it relates to their general,field,and search specific knowledge and skills.1.2 ALand Search Team Member searches on the surface ofthe land only,including urban or disaster areas that may beisolated or have lost supporting infrastructure.1.3 This guide does not provide the minimum trainingrequirements for searching in partially or fully collapsedstructures,in or on water,in confined spaces,or underground(such as caves,mines,and tunnels.)1.4 Personnel trained to this guide are not qualified toperform rescue.No knots,rope,high angle or low angle litter,or other rescue skills are required of a Land Search TeamMember.1.4.1 Basic rescue skills and knowledge are found in GuideF2751.1.5 Personnel trained to this guide are not qualified tooperate in leadership positions.1.6 Land Search Team Members are eligible to be membersof Type II search teams or crews as defined in ClassificationF1993.1.6.1 Type II teams which may utilize personnel trained tothis guide are:1.6.1.1 Kind A(wilderness);1.6.1.2 Kind B(urban);1.6.1.3 Kind J(evidence/cadaver);1.6.1.4 Kind K(missing aircraft).1.6.2 Land Search Team Members are eligible to be mem-bers of Kind C(mountainous)teams provided that they aresupervised by a Mountain or Alpine endorsed team member.1.7 Further training may be required before a Land SearchTeam Member can participate on a particular Kind of searchteam,depending on local needs,regulations,or policies of theauthority having jurisdiction.1.8 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 requirements prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2F1633 Guide for Techniques in Land SearchF1767 Guide for Forms Used for Search and RescueF1773 Terminology Relating to Climbing,Mountaineering,Search and Rescue Equipment and PracticesF2047 Practice for Workers Compensation Coverage ofEmergency Services VolunteersF1993 Classification System of Human Search and RescueResources(Withdrawn 2014)3F2047 Practice for Workers Compensation Coverage ofEmergency Services VolunteersF2751 Guide for Training of Support Level Land RescueTeam Member(LRT-Support)MemberF2890 Guide for Hazard Awareness for Search and RescuePersonnelF2890 Guide for Hazard Awareness for Search and RescuePersonnelF3068 Guide for Contents and Use of a Position Task Book(PTB)F3071 Guide for Basic Wilderness GPS/GNSS Use(GPS/GNSS-IW)Endorsement2.2Other Documents:NWCG PMS 307 Work Capacity Testing for WildlandFirefighters43.Terminology3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.1.1 authority having jurisdiction(AHJ),n(1)the team,organization,agency,or other entity which is using this guide;(2)the team,organization,agency,or other entity to which a1This 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 Aug.1,2014.Published September 2014.Originallyapproved in 2003.Last previous edition approved in 2010 as F220910.DOI:10.1520/F2209-14.2For 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.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.4http:/www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/newshelt/workcaptest_lo.pdfCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 person being trained,tested,or evaluated belongs,if theinstructor,evaluator,or tester is not a member of the sameorganization.3.1.2 field,nthe location,away from the base or commandpost,in which a land search team member is searching orperforming other tasks.3.1.3 field operations,nsearches and other tasks beingperformed away from the base or command post.3.1.4 initial planning point(IPP),nthe point that isinitially used to plan the search incident.The IPP may be theoriginal point last seen or the last known position.The IPPmayalso be a point entirely separate based on the best availableinvestigative information.IPP does not move after planningbegins.3.1.5 land search team,na group of individuals searchingon the surface of the earth.3.1.6 land search team member Level I,na person who,ata minimum