Managing Search Operations (MSO)
The Managing Search Operations (MSO) course is for search managers, who will be tasking search operatives to perform water-based searches.
Contact hours
12 hours (2 days)
Prerequisites
- Current Rescue 3 Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (SFR) or Management of Water and Flood Incidents (MWFI) certification
Course content includes
- Prerequisite knowledge from SFR
- Search manager remit and role
- The command structure of search operations
- Search terminology
- Lost person behaviour
- Tactical briefing and debriefing
- Situational awareness with mapping and mapping aids
- Search equipment and techniques
- Suspending the search
- Tabletop search management exercise.
Course standard, learning outcomes and key teaching points
Rescue 3 Europe course standards, learning outcomes and key teaching points
The course standards, learning outcomes and key teaching points are provided as pre- and post-course reference for people involved in the delivery of Rescue 3 courses (eg Rescue 3 training providers, instructors and students). They are not to be used for any other purpose without the express written permission of Rescue 3 Europe.
Qualification valid for
3 years
Taught by:
- Managing Search Operations Instructor
Recertification options
Instructor to student ratios
Student resources
Student resources for Rescue 3 courses can be accessed here.
Instructor resources
Instructor resources for Rescue 3 courses can be accessed here.
