Issues

May 23, 2016

JSAR publications are freely available for viewing or download. Click on the links below to view/download individual articles or each full volume.

Volume 5, Issue 1 (full pdf)

Editorial. Greatbatch, I
Object recognition and detection: Potential implications from vision science for wilderness searching. McClanahan, S.
ECHO: Developing a multi-hazard incident risk assessment tool for swiftwater and flood rescue. Glassey, S.
Book Review: NORTH SHORE RESCUE If You Get Lost Today, Will Anyone Know? by Allen Billy. Peterson, R.

Volume 4, Issue 2 (full pdf)

Editorial. Greatbatch, I
Letter: Operation Braidwood. O’Neill, D
The Paradigm Shift in Search and Rescue Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic in California. Young, C
Comparing the impact of COVID-19 on Search and Rescue and Fire emergency incident responses. Koester, R & Greatbatch, I
Decontamination of Technical Rope Rescue Equipment in the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus pandemic. Greatbatch, I., Allen I & Williams, DG
Review of Search and Rescue Response Guidelines to COVID-19.
Koester, R
Appendix: COVSAR COVID-19 Protocols. Commonwealth of Virginia Search & Rescue

Volume 4, Issue 1 (full pdf)

Editorial. Koester, R
“History of the William G. Syrotuck Symposium on Search Theory and Practice” Long, C
“William Syrotuck Foreword” LaValla, R
List of Syrotuck Symposium 2018 Presentation Abstracts
“Lost Person Behavior – Statistics from Iceland” Eysteinsson, E
“Constructive Deviance in Search and Rescue Teams: Getting Around Regulations” Rhea, I. Haws, J. & Hammond, SC
“Highly Reliable Teams in Search and Rescue: Seven Characteristics of Excellence” Hammond, SC & Taylor, JY
“Land Search and Rescue Probability of Detection: New sweep widths values, correction factors, models, and detection model validation” Koester, RJ
“Enhancements to Statistical Probability of Area Models based upon updated ISRID data collection for Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Typically Developing Children” Koester, RJ
“A Pragmatic Approach to Applied Search Theory” Mansfield, G, Carlson, J., Merrifield, D., Rosenberg, E., Swanson, E. & Templin, P.
“The U.S. National Search and Rescue School – Inland” Rockwood, GC
“The SAR Planning ‘P’ Process” Wright, S & Smith, R
“The Search Intelligence Process” Young, CS
William G. Syrotuck Symposium on Search Theory and Practice Participants

Volume 3, Issue 2 (full pdf)

“Water Rescue within UKSAR: consent, capacity and necessity” Esler, Goodman and Wood
“Optimizing Wilderness Search and Rescue: A Bayesian GIS Analysis” Rossmo, Velarde and Mahood
“Gender Differences in the Journey to Suicide: Comparing distance decay functions of home and found locations in missing person reports to the police” Stevens, Giles and O’Brien

Volume 3, Issue 1 (full pdf)

Editorial and content list
“UAVs for Wilderness SAR: Real World Considerations & Technology Roadmap For Fixed Wing UAVs” Bashyam and Guggenheim

Volume 2, Issue 1 (full pdf)

Editorial and content list
“Raft on a high line: Loads and trim” Onions and Collins
“Factors influencing the performance of visual distress signals” Bullough
“Emergency Urban Search” Dourtchev, Witkowski, Mardell and Spence

Volume 1, Issue 3 (full pdf)

Volume 1, Issue 2 (full pdf)

“Case study: perceived usability of emergency communication equipment with and without protective gloves in the cold” Jussila, Sormunen, and Remes.

Volume 1, Issue 1 (full pdf)

“Auditory and Light Based Two-Way Effective Sweep Width for Responsive Search Subjects in New Zealand Mountainous Terrain” Koester, Wells, Gordon, and Tucker
“Time Required For a Drowning Victim to Reach Bottom” Hunsucker and Davison
“Analysis of urban search and rescue markings applied following the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake” Glassey