Land Search Operations Manual
The entire revised Manual available in Portable Document Format (PDF) [
PDF: xxKb].
The manual will be available to access in sections:
- Foreword
- Chapter 1: Principles of land search
- Chapter 2: Search organisation
- Annex A: Search organisation chart
- Annex B: Search team leaders check list
- Chapter 3: Information Gathering
- Annex A: Search operation report
- Annex B: Team situation report (SITREP)
- Annex C: Missing person questionnaire
- Annex D: Missing person hike details
- Annex E: Object questionnaire
- Chapter 4: Search appreciations
- Chapter 5: Search planning and assessments
- Chapter 6: Orders, briefings and debriefings
- Chapter 7: Search recall and stand-down
- Chapter 8: Search communications and radio employment
- Annex A: Search communication net
- Chapter 9: Search techniques
- Chapter 10: Resources
- Chapter 11: Safety
- Chapter 12: Search training
- Annex A: Clue recognitionand interpretation
- Chapter 13: Land search in urban areas
For further information, contact the Council.
December 2008