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August 8-12, 2011 - Blue Ridge School, St. George,
Virginia USA
Robert J. Koester first joined the Appalachian Search & Rescue Conference in
1981 and since then has participated in hundreds of searches. He holds a
Master of Science degree in biology (neurobiology) from the University of
Virginia. He is a Research Associate for the Kingston University. His contributions to search and rescue include seminal research on
lost person behavior (with emphasis on dementia) and the creation of the
International Search and Rescue Incident Database (ISRID). A Type 1 incident
commander, instructor for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management,
and past president of the Virginia Search and Rescue Council, Robert has
also worked for the United States Coast Guard, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, National Park Service, and Federal Emergency
Management Agency. Author of numerous books and articles on search and
rescue. He has presented in Aruba, Australia, Canada, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, the
United Kingdom, and throughout the United States.
Christopher S. Young
has been active in Search and
Rescue since 1981. He has managed searches since 1986 and is a Reserve
Captain for the Contra Costa County (California) Sheriff’s Search and Rescue
Team. He also serves as Chairman of the San Francisco Bay Area Search and
Rescue Council (BASARC). Chris is a member of the American Society of Law
Enforcement Trainers (ASLET) and has been an Instructor for the California
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services since 1989. Chris has written and
published search management papers and presents nationally on “Search
Management in the Urban Environment.” Chris is a Level 1 law enforcement
reserve with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department and the Town of
Danville, California. Chris is the co-author of Urban Search.
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