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Search and RescueRoad Search Marking System(s)
Adopted by Oregon SAR Advisory Council Sept. 18, 2007
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No system should replace the process of search teams keeping a written daily log of activity!
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There are basically two types of marking systems.
Paint – using pavement marking paint to mark each road searched
Flagging – using grid ribbon to mark each road searched.
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Paint
Search Team currentlyon Road
Road has been searched
Road Searched, but not entire system
End of area (road) searched – arrow points to road which was searched
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Paint (continued)
• Assumption that area (roads) marked were searched
• Easily seen from the air
• Works well in most conditions including rain, but snow will cover it up.
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Flagging
• Write Team number and date/time on flagging
• One knot in flagging as you go in
• Add second knot when you come out
• 3rd knot indicates entire road system was not completed– Flag furthest point searched with ribbon with 3
knots.
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Flagging (continued)
• Time consuming:– Tie on roadway, tie knots and write on
• A lot of ribbon already out there
• Good in all weather
• Sometime difficult to find a visible location to tie to
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Both these systems assume that field search teams will document roads which roads they searched.
Documentation should include team number (names), date and any pertinent information.
Documentation Required!