Ground Team Requirements
IAW CAPR 50-15

One of the most important groups of people in CAP are the ground teams. The primary duties of ground teams are:

1. With or without air support, to locate and silence transmitting ELTs;
2. With or without air support, to search for, and locate, missing, overdue, or crashed aircraft or missing persons;
3. To stabilize victims until professional medical assistance is available;
4. To secure accident scenes from unauthorized disturbance;
5. To assist governmental agencies in other emergency situations.

Training and testing will occur in the following areas:

• Basic Fire Fighting Techniques
• Ground Rescue Techniques
• Survival Techniques
• Interviewing Techniques
• Electronic Search Techniques
• Ground Search Techniques
• Land Navigation Techniques
• Safety