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PASSIVE SEARCH TECHNIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
OBS

[Can] include such procedures as looking out or listening or attraction using light or sound to draw the subject of a search to you as opposed to going out and looking for the subject.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
OBS

Les techniques passives peuvent comprendre l'observation et l'écoute, ou encore le recours à des moyens visuels ou sonores pour attirer vers soi le sujet de la recherche, plutôt que de sortir et de chercher la personne en question.

Spanish

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