Site Security and Rescue Operations
Theory
Developed as part of the National
Emergency Services Curriculum Project
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Mission of Civil Air Patrol
Ground Teams
• To find, identify, and render lifesaving first aid
while safeguarding and assisting authorities.
– Safeguarding is the procedures or actions taken to
preserve evidence at an accident/crime scene
•
When a missing person is found dead, the site should be
treated as a crime scene
– Assistance to Law Enforcement officials is outlined in
CAPRs 60-3 and 900-3
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NTSB Accident Guidelines
• Rescuing survivors is a
priority to scene preservation
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NTSB Guidelines Continued
• Guard the wreckage from further damage
– Nobody should be allowed inside the wreckage area
except those personnel necessary to survivor removal,
fire fighting, and the possible removal of mail and
cargo when it could possibly be further damaged
– Items removed from the wreckage must be kept locally
for examination by NTSB or accident investigators
– Drawings and photographs should be taken of the
entire crash area, documenting actions on site
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NTSB Guidelines Continued
• Advise the county coroner or medical examiner of
the situation
– Fatalities should be held for autopsy and toxicological
exams PRIOR to post mortem actions
– CAP members should not remove the deceased without
the proper federal, state or local authority. It is not
recommended that younger cadets or those that may be
otherwise naive or new to the situation be involved in
victim or survival removal
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NTSB Guidelines Continued
• Identify the position of fatalities, especially if they
must be moved to get to survivors
– Try to photograph the original position of deceased
occupants prior to removal from wreckage, but
remember not to interfere with victim removal to get
to survivors.
– Tag or otherwise identify the location of each body,
making note of the location in the wreckage, or on the
ground
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NTSB Guidelines Continued
• News media coverage
– Accredited news media may be permitted to enter and
photograph the wreckage area as long as the wreckage
and scene is not disturbed, and extrication is not
interfered with
– Remember that CAP personnel cannot physically
restrict entry according to regulation
•
Make Law Enforcement personnel aware of this, and if not
immediately available notify intruders of statutes and take
their picture for records
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NTSB Guidelines Continued
• Notify the local authorities, NTSB, and the FAA
if they have not been already
– Local law enforcement may not know who to contact
at the FAA
– NTSB may not send anyone – it could be handled by
the FAA who will forward their investigative results
to NTSB for final analysis
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NTSB Responsibilities
• Determine the probable cause of the accident
• Publicly report all civil aircraft accidents in
the United States of America
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DOs from the NTSB
• Make sketches or drawings and take
pictures
• Record major disturbances to the scene
that you cause
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DOs from the NTSB
Continued
• Tag disturbed and/or altered items with the
following:
– Name & Organization of person tagging item
– Telephone number of contact (Mission Base or
Incident Commander)
– Date of action taken
– Time action was taken
– Brief description of action taken
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DON’Ts from the NTSB
• DON'T:
– Disturb switches or aircraft controls
– Remove fatalities (Unless federally authorized)
– Disturb the scene, unless necessary to preserve
life
– Take souvenirs
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CAP Ground Team Actions
• CAP ground teams should only take those
actions necessary to:
– Save lives
– Protect the public
– Protect the wreckage from further damage
• What does wreckage look like? A sample is on
the next slide.
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CAP Ground Team Actions
Continued
• The first team to arrive at the site of a small
aircraft accident should break up into three sub
teams to secure it:
– Leader Team
– Medical Team
– Hasty or Support Team
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Leader Team
• Ground Team Leader
– Supervises all actions
– Ensures actions taken are within regulations, standards,
and safety margins
• HAZMAT Rule of Thumb
• Security Zones (See next slide)
– Responsible for the following of NTSB rules at the
accident or local laws and regulations at the site of
missing person found dead (could be a homicide)
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HAZMAT Safety Zones
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Leader Team Continued
• Team Communications Officer
– Maintains communications with mission base via
relay or direct transmission
– Remains in contact with hasty team and incoming
support teams
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Leader Team Continued
• Runner/Log Person
– Makes drawings or sketches and/or takes pictures of the scene to
note initial positions, and changes made to preserve life (See next
two slides)
– Record the position of all aircraft switches, knobs and
instruments or survivor’s equipment upon arrival at the scene,
and changes made during extrication
– Coordinate incoming personnel, ensuring that order is maintained
• If the agency responsible for air crashes or police agencies are
on the scene, they will most likely handle site management,
photos, etc.
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Recommended Minimum
Photos Taken at Crash Site
•Take Photos in a
logical order
•Photograph
perishable evidence
early (ice melting
off of the wings,
victims moved to
get at survivors,
etc.)
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Recommended Photos
Continued
• The same principles applied to aircraft
photography can be applied to taking photos of
a missing person site
• If taking photos at night or in poor lighting
conditions, use a flash if at possible and/or add
light with flashlights
• Keep a log of photos taken, in order noting
anything out of the ordinary
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Medical Team
• Head Medic
– Responsible for all members coming in contact with the
victims or survivors to include the wear of proper
medical protective gear, and proper treatment
– Responsible for requests for evacuation and extrication
of victims, survivors, personnel and equipment
– Responsible for the accounting of all passengers that
were supposed to be aboard or missing persons part of
party being searched for
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Medical Team Continued
• 2 to 3 Support Medical Personnel
– Perform lifesaving first aid under the direction of the
Head Medic
– Report any hazards or problems with the wreckage
that may endanger rescue personnel or survivors
further. It should be noted that all personnel need to
be situationally aware, but these few members of the
team will most likely be the ones hurt if not careful
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Hasty or Support Team
• Made up of the assistant team leader, a
communicator, and a first aider or other team
personnel depending on the tasks assigned by the
team leader
– May do a hasty search of the area for any missing
passengers
– May set up a perimeter around the site and control
incoming personnel
– May aid in the extrication of survivors
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Scene Management
• Once the proper authorities arrive on scene
(varies from state to state) they will assume
control of the scene.
– Offer help- but they may or may not need it.
– You may brief the authorities on scene
information, but maintain possession of your
logs.
– Authorities may request copies of mission
documentation through CAP HQ.
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Position Importance
• All of the positions referenced in the previous
slides are important, and nobody should feel
degraded if not in a leadership position
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Site Security Tasks
• Ground Team Member
– O-0801: Man a Surveillance Post
• Ground Team Leader
– O-0802: Plan and Organize Site Surveillance
– O-0803: Supervise a Site Surveillance Shift
– O-0804: Sign over a Site
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QUESTIONS?
THINK SAFETY!
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