Tag Archives: Search and Rescue

Man’s Best Friend: The Importance and Impact of Truth in K9 Handling

Posted on August 8, 2016 by ITS Guest Contributor

Growing up, I’ve always been a dog guy. Though I didn’t have many dogs growing up, I always felt drawn… View Article

Posted in K9 | Tagged Boulder Creek Performance K9, Dog Handler, Dog Handling, Imminent Threat Solutions, ITS Tactical, K9, police, Search and Rescue, Tracking, Trailing | 8 Comments

Life Sucks, Get a Helmet: Perfectly Good Reasons You Should Have A Helmet

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Matthew Sharp

Denis Leary once said “life sucks, get a helmet” and he wasn’t wrong. Protective headgear has many merits, first and… View Article

Posted in Headwear, Night Vision | Tagged Armor, biking, Carbon Fiber Helmet, Crye Nightcap, Crye Precision, First Spear Helmet Hut, GoPro, helmet, Kevlar, Kevlar Helmet, Mountaineering, OPS-Core, OpsCore, Princeton Tec Remix Pro, protection, rescue, SAR, Search and Rescue, skydiving, Smith Boogie Goggles, Smith Elite, Team Wendy, warfare, Wilcox Mount | 29 Comments

Survival Techniques: Tips and Tricks to Constantly Improve Your Situation

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Nick H.

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Survival Techniques

3 of 3 in the series Survival TechniquesWhen you spend time in the wilderness with people who’ve become accustomed to… View Article

Posted in Survival | Tagged adventure, Edible Plants, ITS MSK, lost, Mini Survival Kit, MSK, outdoors, SAR, Search and Rescue, skills, Survival, Survival Kit, wilderness | 5 Comments

Learn the Qualities and Characteristics of a Military Combat Tracker

Posted on September 17, 2014 by John Hurth

While any person can learn how to follow tracks, not every individual is implanted with the specific characteristics required to… View Article

Posted in Mindset | Tagged combat tracker, Green Beret, john hurth, military, Mindset, rescue, SAR, Search and Rescue, skill-set, skills, tactical, Tactics, tracker, tyr group | 15 Comments

The Story of a Blind Hiker, His Foray into Survival and What We Can Learn From It

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Evan Koepke

The Tale Unfolds The man had been hiking for days on the Appalachian Trail. A master ultra-light camper steadily shuffling… View Article

Posted in Survival | Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backcountry, camping, expedition, help, hiking, lost, off trail, outdoors, rescue, SAR, Search, Search and Rescue, Survival, trail, wilderness, woods | 1 Comment

Being Found: How to Increase your Survivability by Understanding How Search and Rescue Personnel Work

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Evan Koepke

When was the last time you were traveling and looked up only to realize that your real and perceived locations… View Article

Posted in Survival | Tagged adventure, Emergency, exploration, explore, help, injured, Land Nav, lost, missing person, mountains, Navigation, outdoors, rescue, SAR, Search and Rescue, Survival, Tracking, wilderness, Wilderness Search & Rescue | 10 Comments

Urban Rappelling Equipment and Considerations

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Bryan Black

Rappelling is an often under-appreciated skill for use in an emergency situation and one that could potentially save your life… View Article

Posted in Climbing | Tagged Anchor Systems, Barrel Knot, Carabiner, Climbing Harness, Double Line Rappel, Double Line Rappelling, Dynamic Climbing Rope, Emergency Rappel, Emergency Rappelling, How to Rappel, Imminent Threat Solutions, Locking Carabiner, Rappelling Anchor, Rappelling Harness, Search and Rescue, Single Line Rappel, Single Line Rappelling, Static Climbing Rope, Tape Knot, Trident Response, Tubular Webbing, Urban Rappel, Urban Rappelling, Water Knot | 6 Comments

How To Setup an Urban Rappel and Emergency Rappelling Techniques

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Bryan Black

Rappelling is an often under appreciated skill for use in an emergency situation and one that could potentially save your… View Article

Rigging to Rappel: A Basic Guide

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Nicholas Sealy

Rigging to rappel is an often undervalued skill. It is certainly a necessary part of rappelling, but most people I… View Article

Posted in Climbing | Tagged Anchor, canyoneering, Carabiner, Climbing, Figure 8, figure eight, harness, hitch, Knots, Mountaineering, mule, munter, munter mule, outdoors, Rappel, Rappelling, rescue, rigging, rocks, ropes, safety, SAR, Search and Rescue, webbing | 22 Comments

DIY Fatmax Breaching Tool for First Responders, SAR or Zombies

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Eric S.

In this article we are going to show you how to make a low-cost low-profile entry tool that you can… View Article

Posted in DIY | Tagged Breaching Tool, DIY, First Responders, Search and Rescue, Stanley Fatmax Breaching Tool, Zombies | 53 Comments

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Tag Archives: Search and Rescue

Man’s Best Friend: The Importance and Impact of Truth in K9 Handling

Life Sucks, Get a Helmet: Perfectly Good Reasons You Should Have A Helmet

Survival Techniques: Tips and Tricks to Constantly Improve Your Situation

Learn the Qualities and Characteristics of a Military Combat Tracker

The Story of a Blind Hiker, His Foray into Survival and What We Can Learn From It

Being Found: How to Increase your Survivability by Understanding How Search and Rescue Personnel Work

Urban Rappelling Equipment and Considerations

How To Setup an Urban Rappel and Emergency Rappelling Techniques

Rigging to Rappel: A Basic Guide

DIY Fatmax Breaching Tool for First Responders, SAR or Zombies

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