Clue Awareness and Identification

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The discoverable evidence, of the passage or presence of a person, is known as (check one):

Clues

Indication

Sign

Trace

The length, width, pattern, type, shape, individualizing marks and age of sign are know as the:

Nature of sign

Elements of sign

Essentials of sign

Profile of sign

Provide examples of clues in a search and rescue operation (check all that apply):

Physical – sign, clothing, equipment, litter, fire pits, disturbed vegetation, scrape or scuff marks.

Recorded – trail registers, summit logs, trail mail

People – witnesses, the point last seen

Events – light, smoke, sound, transmissions