This book is the first comprehensive guide to urban search. It compares factors of an urban/suburban incident with a wilderness search, including preplanning, search management, special investigation considerations, unique urban strategy and tactics, use of resources, and documentation. You will learn how to: * Understand your urban environment - residential, retail, business, industrial and/or recreational - and develop preplans accordingly * Conduct thorough investigations and interviewing - including training search personnel in door-to-door canvassing * Develop an accurate profile of the missing person using the newest urban specific data * Use the investigation information and scenario analysis to prevent wasted effort on a non-search * Working advantageously with the media * Consider the missing person's use of public transportation * Train dogs and ground teams to be effective in the urban environment by identifying problems and safety hazards they may encounter * Manage and evaluate documentation and clue management. A good tool to add to the search manager's tool box when facing the most difficult SAR there is: the job of searching for someone missing in the urban/suburban environment. This well put-together guide covers the practically endless possibilities in this complex environment. -- Matt Scharper, California State SAR Coordinator, Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Law Enforcement Branch. Paperback: 352 pages, 5.5" x 8.5", 39 illustrations, ISBN: 978-1-879471-38-2 Shipping and Handling costs will apply. When you are finished shopping, please visit www.eri-online.com.