Fredrik
Integrity
A common question about HEPKIE is: “what about integrity?”. ”If one can catch all phones in an area, will that not be violating the integrity?”. Well, we have a few answers to that question, and it depends on the search method, but the short one is: “There is no integrity problem.” It is impossible for the rescue [...]
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION: summary of lessons learned
“Mobile phones are a common source of distress alerts for fishing and recreational vessels. A close relationship with mobile phone companies is essential to gain valuable data to assist in the location of distressed or missing persons. Associated with this problem is the need to have good working relationship with local public safety answering points, [...]
Search and Rescue and EMS in Utah’s National Parks
The current issue of the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, published by the Wilderness Medical Society, has a number of very interesting articles of significance to the layperson outdoor medicine enthusiast. “Search and Rescue Trends and the Emergency Medical Service Workload in Utah’s National Parks,” by Travis W. Heggie and Tacey M. Heggie (WEM volume [...]
