Pocket Guide To Human Tracking for Search & Rescue, the only resource of its kind, is a great tool for enhancing visual trackers' skills in SAR, Law Enforcement, and the military. Written and published by Rob Speiden; a highly experienced Search and Rescue Tracking Specialist and author of Tracker Training and Foundations for Awareness, Signcutting, and Tracking. Essential topics range from pre-task preparations through post-task actions, including:
- Tracking concepts
- Preparing for tracking tasks
- Task assignments
- Finding tracks
- Interpreting tracks
- Insole - outsole-track relationships
- Data tables for track lengths
- Visual tracking and K9 teams
- Animal tracks and sign
- Signcutting techniques
- Trailing tactics
- Documenting findings
- Footwear and track cards