ASTM F2209-14

Standard Guide for Training of Land Search Team Member

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 This guide establishes the minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities that a person must have to perform as a Land Search Team Member. No other skills are included or implied.  
4.2 Every person who is identified as a Land Search Team Member shall have met the requirements of this guide.  
4.3 This guide is to be used by individuals and agencies having jurisdiction that wish to identify the minimum training required for a Land Search Team Member.  
4.3.1 The AHJ shall determine the depth or detail of training required to meet these needs.  
4.4 Though this guide establishes the minimum standard of training, it does not imply that a Land Search Team Member is a “trainee,” “probationary,” or other similar term member of a team, organization, or agency.  
4.4.1 Determining the requirements and qualifications for land search team members is the responsibility of the AHJ.  
4.4.2 Nothing in this guide precludes an AHJ from adding additional requirements for its own members.  
4.5 This guide can be used to evaluate a document or training program to determine if its content includes the topics necessary for training individuals to operate as a Land Search Team Member.  
4.6 This guide does not stand alone and must be used with the referenced documents to provide the specific information needed by a Land Search Team Member or AHJ.  
4.7 This guide by itself is not a training document. It is an outline of the topics required for training or evaluating a Land Search Team Member.  
4.8 This guide can be used to evaluate a book or other document to determine if its content includes the information required for training a Land Search Team Member. Likewise, the guide can be used to evaluate an existing training program to see if it meets the requirements of this guide.  
4.9 The knowledge, skills and abilities defined in this guide are not presented in any particular order and do not represent a training sequence.  
4.10 A Land Search Team Member shall document his...
SCOPE
1.1 This guide establishes the minimum training requirements for land search personnel as it relates to their general, field, and search specific knowledge and skills.  
1.2 A Land Search Team Member searches on the surface of the land only, including urban or disaster areas that may be isolated or have lost supporting infrastructure.  
1.3 This guide does not provide the minimum training requirements for searching in partially or fully collapsed structures, 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 to perform rescue. No knots, rope, high angle or low angle litter, or other rescue skills are required of a Land Search Team Member.  
1.4.1 Basic rescue skills and knowledge are found in Guide F2751.  
1.5 Personnel trained to this guide are not qualified to operate in leadership positions.  
1.6 Land Search Team Members are eligible to be members of Type II search teams or crews as defined in Classification F1993.  
1.6.1 Type II teams which may utilize personnel trained to this 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 members of Kind C (mountainous) teams provided that they are supervised by a Mountain or Alpine endorsed team member.  
1.7 Further training may be required before a Land Search Team Member can participate on a particular Kind of search team, depending on local needs, regulations, or policies of the authority having jurisdiction.  
1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory requirements prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Jul-2014
• ICS: 03.100.30 - Management of human resources
• Technical Committee: F32 - Search and Rescue
• Drafting Committee: F32.03 - Personnel, Training and Education

Standards Content (Sample)

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Standard Guide for
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Training of Land Search Team Member
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2209; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
1.1 This guide establishes the minimum training require-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
ments for land search personnel as it relates to their general,
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
field, and search specific knowledge and skills.
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
1.2 ALand SearchTeam Member searches on the surface of
the land only, including urban or disaster areas that may be
2. Referenced Documents
isolated or have lost supporting infrastructure. 2
2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.3 This guide does not provide the minimum training
F1633 Guide for Techniques in Land Search
requirements for searching in partially or fully collapsed F1767 Guide for Forms Used for Search and Rescue
structures, in or on water, in confined spaces, or underground
F1773 Terminology Relating to Climbing, Mountaineering,
(such as caves, mines, and tunnels.) Search and Rescue Equipment and Practices
F2047 Practice for Workers’ Compensation Coverage of
1.4 Personnel trained to this guide are not qualified to
Emergency Services Volunteers
perform rescue. No knots, rope, high angle or low angle litter,
F1993 Classification System of Human Search and Rescue
or other rescue skills are required of a Land Search Team
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Resources (Withdrawn 2014)
Member.
F2047 Practice for Workers’ Compensation Coverage of
1.4.1 Basic rescue skills and knowledge are found in Guide
Emergency Services Volunteers
F2751.
F2751 Guide for Training of Support Level Land Rescue
1.5 Personnel trained to this guide are not qualified to
Team Member (LRT-Support) Member
operate in leadership positions.
F2890 Guide for Hazard Awareness for Search and Rescue
1.6 Land Search Team Members are eligible to be members Personnel
of Type II search teams or crews as defined in Classification F2890 Guide for Hazard Awareness for Search and Rescue
F1993. Personnel
1.6.1 Type II teams which may utilize personnel trained to F3068 Guide for Contents and Use of a Position Task Book
this guide are: (PTB)
1.6.1.1 Kind A (wilderness); F3071 Guide for Basic Wilderness GPS/GNSS Use (GPS/
1.6.1.2 Kind B (urban); GNSS-IW) Endorsement
1.6.1.3 Kind J (evidence/cadaver); 2.2 Other Documents:
1.6.1.4 Kind K (missing aircraft). NWCG PMS 307 Work Capacity Testing for Wildland
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1.6.2 Land Search Team Members are eligible to be mem- Firefighters
bers of Kind C (mountainous) teams provided that they are
3. Terminology
supervised by a Mountain or Alpine endorsed team member.
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
1.7 Further training may be required before a Land Search
3.1.1 authority having jurisdiction (AHJ), n—(1) the team,
Team Member can participate on a particular Kind of search
organization, agency, or other entity which is using this guide;
team, depending on local needs, regulations, or policies of the
(2) the team, organization, agency, or other entity to which a
authority having jurisdiction.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search and contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Rescue and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F32.03 on Personnel, Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Training and Education. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved Aug. 1, 2014. Published September 2014. Originally The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as F2209–10. DOI: www.astm.org.
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10.1520/F2209-14. http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/newshelt/workcaptest_lo.pdf
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person being trained, tested, or evaluated belongs, if the 4.8 This guide can be used to evaluate a book or other
instructor, evaluator, or tester is not a member of the same document to determine if its content includes the information
organization. required for training a Land Search Team Member. Likewise,
the guide can be used to evaluate an existing training program
3.1.2 field, n—thelocation,awayfromtheb
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Standard Guide for
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Training of Level I Land Search Team Member
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2209; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This guide establishes the minimum training standardrequirements for Level I land search team members personnel as it
relates to their general, field, and search specific knowledge and skills.
1.2 A Land Search Team Member searches on the surface of the land only, including urban or disaster areas that may be isolated
or have lost supporting infrastructure.
1.3 A Level I land search team member searches on the surface of the land only. This guide does not provide the minimum
training requirements for searching in partially or fully collapsed structures, in or on water, in confined spaces, or underground
(such as caves, mines, and tunnels.)
1.2.1 A Level I searcher may be used, with the above limitations, in remote areas including urban or disaster areas that may
be isolated or have lost their infrastructure.
1.4 A Level I land search team member is required to have only an overview level of knowledge of rescue as it pertains to
“search and rescue.” Personnel trained to this guide are not qualified to perform rescue. No knots, rope, high angle or low angle
litter, or other rescue skills are required of a Level I land search team member.Land Search Team Member.
1.4.1 Basic rescue skills and knowledge are found in Guide F2751.
1.5 Level I land search team members must work under direct supervision of Level II searchers (Guide Personnel trained to this
guide are not qualified to operate in leadership positions. F2685) or other experienced search personnel.
1.6 Level I land search team members Land Search Team Members are eligible to be members of Type II search teams or crews
as defined in Classification F1993.
1.6.1 Type II teams which may utilize personnel trained to this guide are Kind A (wilderness), Kind B (urban), and Kind C
(mountainous) Kind J (evidence/cadaver) and Kind K (missing aircraft).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 members of Kind C (mountainous) teams provided that they are supervised
by a Mountain or Alpine endorsed team member.
1.7 Further training may be required before a Level I land search team member can actually Land Search Team Member can
participate on a particular kindKind of search team, depending on authority having jurisdiction regulations or policies.local needs,
regulations, or policies of the authority having jurisdiction.
1.7 Training and performance standards developed in the F32 committee refer to levels. Level one (I) is the basic or entrance
level and numbers increase with increasing skills and knowledge.
1.7.1 Levels are based on training and do not correspond to Incident Command System typing, which is based on capability.
1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
requirements prior to use.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search and Rescue and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F32.03 on Personnel, Training and
Education.
Current edition approved May 1, 2010Aug. 1, 2014. Published June 2010September 2014. Originally approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 20032010 as
F2209–03.–10. DOI: 10.1520/F2209-10.10.1520/F2209-14.
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2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
F1422 Guide for Using the Incident Command System Framework in Managing Search and Rescue Operations
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F1490 Terminology Relating to Search and Rescue (Withdrawn 2011)
F1591 Practice for Visual Signals Between Persons on the Ground and in Aircraft During Ground Emergencies
F1633 Guide for Techniques in Land Search
F1767 Guide for Forms Used for Search and Rescue
F1773 Terminology Relating to Climbing, Mountaineering, Search an
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