FORM A

SIX STEP CHECKLIST
Step #	Recommended Actions
Step 1	Maintain contact with complainant(s) directly or know where they are

Fill in the First Notice Sheet, Form 1.

Carry out an Urgency Analysis using Form 5, and respond accordingly.

Identify the Incident Commander and notify all personnel

Define the Operational Period Schedule, record start/finish time on Form 7.

Identify the IPP, mark it on the map and protect it

Interview people who might know the person(s) and what happened; appoint an investigator

Fill in the Missing Person Profile, Form 2.

Fill in the Incident History, Form 3.

Identify the category of missing person(s); record on Form 2.

Read the Missing Person Behavioral Statistic for that category

Carry out a Topography Analysis. Mark on the map:

Any known hazardous locations

Likely travel aides in the Initial Search Area (ISA); note recent changes to roads/streets.

Barriers to mark out the Initial Search Area.

Any magnets in the Initial Search Area

Check, modify ISA boundaries against the Missing Person distances traveled data

List the resources currently available and their status on Form 4
Step 2	Carry out a scenario analysis; record likely scenarios on Form 6

Identify the range of possibilities that might have caused the person(s) to become lost or overdue

Consider “worse case” scenarios

Identify highest risk scenarios

Consider the potential that this is a result of a criminal act; list suspicions

Conduct mental “risk assessment”; identify safety concern
Step 3	Write down your mission goal on Form 7.

Read the Missing Person Behavior Statistics for this category of person

Record searching/confinement/investigation Objectives on Form 7.

Break down each Objectives into Tasks

Prioritize all your Task and give each a Task Priority number on Form 7
Step 4	Establish what resources are needed to meet each task for the 1st operational period

Record them on the Resources Sheet, Form 4 NOTE ETA if en route
Step 5	Designate the Command Post, mark the location on the incident map, and notify all personnel. Locate yourself there

Make yourself clearly identifiable as the Incident Commander

Appoint people to fill subordinate roles as required

Designate needed Staging Areas and other facilities. Mark their locations on the incident map.

Assign resources to Tasks, starting with the Priority 1 Task

Record the tasked resources as “assigned” on the Resource Sheet Form 4
Step 6	Brief and deploy available resources to priority Task in accordance with your plan

Assign arriving resources to tasks after check-in

Continue with the investigation (on and off site)

Maintain resources status

Prepare a written brief using Form 8-A

Debrief resources on return and keep a written record on Form 8-B

Start thinking about what you are going to do next. Read “continuing the search – 1” and “the second six step cycle”
Completed by:

Date (yr/mo/day)

Time (24 hr)

Form A Six Step Checklist

Emergency Response Institute Canada

Nicolas deBreyne

2009-11-08

Dynamic Rescue Solutions