Detection and Recognition Search Individual - DaRSI™
Find the person you didn't know was there.
DaRSI™ is a purpose-designed Search & Rescue training aid. A target created around a simple idea: Realistic. Repeatable. Deployable.
DaRSI™ makes it easier to create realistic, repeatable and genuinely unknown search targets so teams can practise the hardest part of SAR: finding the person.
Search & Rescue teams train to find people, but how often do we get the opportunity to practise the actual challenge of finding someone we don't know is there?
Creating that kind of training exercise isn't always easy.
You need someone willing to become the missing person our 'MisPer'. They need to travel to the location, hide, and potentially spend hours outside in cold, rain, wind or heat while the team searches.
Or you use a mannequin which can be heavy, bulky and difficult to transport.
Or perhaps a pillow, bag or other improvised object which is easy to deploy, but doesn't really look like a person.
DaRSI™ changes that.
A new way to practise Detection and Recognition
DaRSI™ - Detection and Recognition Search Individual is a lightweight, portable and realistic search training target designed specifically for Search & Rescue.
DaRSI™ allows trainers to introduce a realistic human form into an exercise without needing a live 'MisPer' or the bulk of a traditional mannequin.
Place it.
Hide it.
Search for it.
And don't tell the team where it is.
Now you have a genuine search problem.
Interested in DaRSI™?
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Designed to make realistic search training easier
Realistic
Quick to deploy
Lightweight
DaRSI™ presents a recognisable human form rather than an artificial marker or improvised training aid.
Lightweight
Quick to deploy
Lightweight
Easy to carry to training locations, exercises and deployments, light enough to carry on international deployments. No heavy mannequin required.
Quick to deploy
Quick to deploy
Quick to deploy
Place DaRSI™ before the exercise, during an evolving scenario or without the searching team knowing it is there.
Versatile
Repeatable
Quick to deploy
Use it on flat surfaces, within woodland, alongside hedgerows and across a wide range of search environments.
Compact
Repeatable
Repeatable
Simple to store with your existing SAR training equipment and bring out when needed.
Repeatable
Repeatable
Repeatable
Move it, reposition it and run the exercise again. Create different search problems without finding another volunteer.
Designed for multiple SAR disciplines
Air
Air
Air
UAS / Drone Search
Give UAS operators a realistic target to find from the air.
Use DaRSI™ to develop and assess:
- aerial detection
- visual scanning
- search patterns
- pilot and observer coordination
- target recognition
- camera and sensor use (thermal with use of heat pads)
- location reporting
- point-of-find procedures.
Because the target can be positioned without the operator knowing its location, the exercise becomes a genuine search rather than a demonstration.
Land
Air
Air
Land Search
Give Land Search teams a realistic target in realistic environments.
Use DaRSI™ to challenge ground searchers in:
- visual scanning
- detection and Recognition
- search techniques and discipline
- woodland searching
- hedgerow searching
- hasty, corridor and area searches
- sector and line searches
- proof of detection exercises
- location recording
- team communication.
Change the location. Change the terrain. Change the direction of search.
The target stays consistent. The challenge changes.
Additional SAR uses
Point of Find
Point of Find
Point of Find
Point of find Exercises
DaRSI™ can also be used to practise what happens after something has been detected.
Finding something is only the beginning. The team needs to recognise what they have found, confirm its significance, communicate the location and manage the point of find appropriately.
DaRSI™ provides a simple, repeatable way to build those skills into training.
K9
Point of Find
Point of Find
K9 Search
Currently in trials to test with the addition of a scent article to DaRSI™.
When training with aged trails, DaRSI™ and a scent article could eliminate the need for the 'Dogs Body' to stay in situ for long periods of time, or could reduce the risk of contaminating the trail if they return to the location hours later for the find.
The realistic nature of the target helps to extend the exercise into Point of find.
Stop training around the logistics.
A good search exercise should challenge the team not the trainer or directing staff.
With DaRSI™, there is no need to find someone to spend hours hiding in the woods.
No need to transport a heavy mannequin.
No need to rely on pillows or improvised targets.
Simply take DaRSI™, deploy it and create the search problem.
More realistic training.
Less preparation.
More opportunities to practise.
DaRSI™ - Find the Person You Didn't Know Was There.
Make the 'MisPer' unknown.
One of the most powerful features of DaRSI™ is its simplicity.
The trainer knows where it is.
The search team doesn't.
That small difference changes everything.
It introduces uncertainty.
It encourages genuine searching.
It allows trainers to create repeatable exercises where the outcome depends on the team's ability to detect and recognise the target not their knowledge of where the training aid has been placed.
DaRSI™ - Options
PVC
Fabric
Fabric
Lightweight durable PVC
Wipe clean
Eyelets to secure
Rolls for transporting
Fabric
Fabric
Fabric
Lightweight colourfast fabric
Washable
Eyelets to secure
Folds or rolls for transporting in backpack or pocket
MisPer Models
DaRSI™ - Point of Find Condition Cards
DaRSI™ - Point of Find Condition Cards
DaRSI™ comes in a range of:
Shapes, sizes, and age groups covering adult, teen and child. Full catalogue and photos to follow shortly.
DaRSI™ - Point of Find Condition Cards
DaRSI™ - Point of Find Condition Cards
DaRSI™ - Point of Find Condition Cards
DaRSI™ PoF - Now your 2D DaRSI™ has effectively become an interactive casualty simulator.
Interested in having a DaRSI™ in your team?
QUICK REGISTRATION - TAKES ABOUT 30 SECONDS
Please complete so we can keep you informed when DaRSI™ becomes available.
Click the link below to register your interest in DaRSI™.
Realistic
Human form, real search problems.
Repeatable
Deploy, recover, reuse.
Assurance-Led
See what your team actually finds.
