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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

Personnel and Agencies Taught By Natural Awareness Tracking School, LLC:

Alleghany County VA Sheriff's Office

Angel Search and Rescue

Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference

Black Diamond Search and Rescue Conference

Blacksburg VA Police Department

Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group

Bedford VA Police Department

Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy

Christiansburg VA Police Department

Civil Air Patrol

Commonwealth Search and Rescue

Delmarva Search and Rescue

Dogs East Search and Rescue

East Coast K-9

Eden NC Police Department

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Forsyth County NC Sheriff's Office

Flatland Search and Rescue

Floyd County VA Sheriff's Office

Franklin County VA Sheriff's Office

Franklin County Search and Rescue

Frontline Search and Rescue

Greater Philadelphia Search and Rescue

Guilford County NC Sheriff's Office

Halifax County Fire Commission

Halifax County VA Sheriff's Office

International Society of Professional Trackers

Loudoun County VA Sheriff's Office

Mason Dixon Rescue Dogs

Mid-Atlantic D.O.G.S.

Mountain Area Rescue Group

National Park Service

Old Dominion Search and Rescue

Maryland Search and Rescue

Piedmont Search and Rescue

Pulaski VA Police Department

Radford VA Department of Police

Reidsville NC Police Department

Roanoke City VA Sheriff's Office

Rockingham County NC Sheriff's Office

Rockingham/Augusta Search and Rescue

Rocky Mount VA Police Department

Salem VA Police Department

Search and Rescue Dogs Association - Maryland

Search and Rescue Tracking Institute

Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group

Southwest Virginia Mountain Rescue Group

Spotsylvania County VA Sheriff's Office

Spotsylvania Search and Rescue

Susquehanna Search and Rescue

Top of Virginia Search and Rescue

Trail Riders of Today

United States Forest Service

United States Marshall Service

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Virginia Department of Emergency Management

Virginia Department of Corrections

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Virginia Tech Police Department

Virginia State Police

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