HUMAN TRACKING

You wouldn’t be alive today if you weren’t somewhat aware of your surroundings. The ability to find, interpret and follow tracks or sign left by human passage is an essential skill for persons interested in being attentive and responsive to occurrences in their surroundings. Natural Awareness Tracking School teaches human tracking (aka man-tracking) and signcutting skills to search and rescue, law enforcement and other government organizations.

Everyone has the ability to sense their environment. Natural Awareness’ goals are to (1) improve your senses while on task, (2) to make you more aware of tracks and sign, and (3) to educate you on what to do once sign has been found.

Our instructors have taught or currently teach the Field Team Signcutter course for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management Search and Rescue program. Any class can be molded to suit the students’ needs at your location. Each class uses professional classroom presentations and superior student-to-instructor ratio field exercises to teach individual and tactical approaches to finding, following and interpreting tracks and sign by addressing and practicing the following topics: A signcutting team follows tracks of a missing person

Tracking tools
Signcutting team tactics
Aging tracks and sign
Footwear Identification
Pressure releases
Animal tracks and sign
Signcutting at night
Backtracking for clues
Various ground covers
Logbook guidelines
PLS/LKP approach
Find-scene preservation
General awareness: use of all senses
Management of signcutting resources
Detection and management of evasive subjects
Pros and cons of using modern technology in tracking
Visual tracking integration w/ other search resources including canine teams

Who benefits from tracking?

Everybody.

Natural Awareness Tracking School structures its classes to introduce a wide variety of knowledge and practical skills that the student will have with them indefinitely. Whether you are interested in practicing tracking on a regular basis or simply attending the course for an introduction to tracking skills, your awareness will be expanded to new horizons. The search volunteer, canine handler, law enforcement officer and incident manager will all benefit from participating in a tracking class. Most of all, Natural Awareness Tracking School instructors understand that clue awareness and tracking are integral skills necessary for successful search missions. Tracking is not the be-all or end-all of searching, but it is an important tool to have at one’s disposal.

What is the best resource for finding a lost person?

“Whoever finds them first” – Greg Fuller

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