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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:

Adams County E.M.A. MS

Adams County SAR MS

Alleghany County Sheriff's Office VA

Angel Search and Rescue VA

American Rescue Dog Association (VA, MD, WI)

Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference

Arizona Game and Fish Department

Bedford Police Department VA

Benton County SAR AR

Black Diamond Search and Rescue Conference

Blacksburg Police Department VA

Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group VA

Blue & Grey Search Dogs VA

Buncombe County Sheriff's Office NC

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

Cabell County WV EMS

Campbell County Sheriff's Office VA

Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy VA

Carroll County SORT AR

Charleston Police Department WV

Chickasaw County SAR MS

Christiansburg Police Department VA

Civil Air Patrol

Collierville Police Department TN

Commonwealth Search and Rescue

Contra Costa County SAR CA

Crawford County SAR AR

Cumberland County Sheriff's Office NC

Daphne SAR AL

Delmarva Search and Rescue

Desoto County MS Emergency Management

Desoto County Sheriff's Office SAR MS

Dogs East Search and Rescue

East Coast K-9

Eden Police Department NC

Escambia SAR FL

Eureka Fire Department MO

Faulkner County Rescue AR

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Forsyth County Sheriff's Office NC

Flatland Search and Rescue

Floyd County Sheriff's Office VA

Franklin County Sheriff's Office VA

Franklin County Search and Rescue VA

Frontline Search and Rescue

Greater Philadelphia Search and Rescue PA

Guilford County Sheriff's Office NC

Gulf Coast SAR MS

Halifax County Fire Commission VA

Halifax County Sheriff's Office VA

Hancock County SAR MS

Headwaters Search & Rescue WI

Henderson County Sheriff's Office NC

Hendersonville Police Department NC

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office FL

Hinds County MS EOC

International Society of Professional Trackers

Intermont Search and Rescue

Jackson Fire Department MS

Jackson Police Department MS

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office MS

Kanawha County Sheriff's Office WV

Kentucky Department of Emergency Management

Lamar County SAR MS

Loudoun County Sheriff's Office VA

Lynchburg Police Department VA

Maricopa County Sheriff's Department AZ

Maryland Search and Rescue

Maryland Rescue Dog Association

Mason Dixon Rescue Dogs

Mecklenberg County Sheriff's Office VA

Mid-Atlantic D.O.G.S.

Mississippi Animal Response Team

Mississippi Department of Homeland Security

Mountain Area Rescue Group WV

National Audobon Society

National Park Service

National Ranger Training Institute OH

Newton County E.M.A. MS

Old Dominion Search and Rescue

Ohio County SAR KY

Pacific Northwest Trackers Association WA

Piedmont Search and Rescue VA

Pine Grove Fire Department MS

Pulaski Police Department VA

Radford Department of Police VA

Reidsville Police Department NC

Roanoke City Sheriff's Office VA

Rockingham County Sheriff's Office NC

Rockingham/Augusta Search and Rescue VA

Rocky Mount Police Department VA

Salem Police Department VA

San Juaquin Co SAR CA

Search and Rescue Dogs Association - Maryland

Search and Rescue Tracking Institute

Search One Rescue Team TX

Semlec SAR Team MA

Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group VA

Siloam Springs Fire Department AR

Southeast Missouri SAR MO

Southwest Virginia Mountain Rescue Group VA

Spokane County ESAR WA

Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office VA

Spotsylvania Search and Rescue

St. Charles County Ambulance District MO

Sull County Wildland SAR NY

Susquehanna Search and Rescue

Taunton Police Department MA

Top of Virginia Search and Rescue

Tracy C.E.R.T. CA

Trail Riders of Today Search & Rescue

Tyler County Search & Rescue WV

Union County SAR GA

Union County Urban SAR MS

Union County Sheriff's Department MS

United States Border Patrol

United States Army

United States Navy

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 Search and Rescue Dog Association

Virginia State Police

Washington County SAR AR

West Virginia Division of Forestry

West Virginia State Police

White Oak SAR PA

Wilderness Awareness School

Will County E.M.A. IL

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