FIRE & RESCUE SEARCH OPERATIONS

Coordinate the search, not the fireground.

Keep areas, assignments, mutual-aid teams, incoming field reports, and remaining coverage aligned during missing-person, disaster, and wide-area search operations.

A FOCUSED SEARCH LAYER

Make distributed search work easier to see.

Search assignments can extend beyond one apparatus, discipline, or radio channel. Thrim Grid is focused on giving the people coordinating the search a clear view of who has which area, what is arriving from the field, and what still needs attention.

Missing or injured people

Turn an expanding search area into clear team assignments, shared instructions, incoming observations, and reviewed next actions.

Disaster and wide-area sweeps

Structure sectors and search status across neighborhoods, debris fields, access routes, or other defined areas.

Mutual-aid search resources

Give resources from multiple departments a consistent assignment and reporting loop without obscuring command authority.

SEARCH WORKFLOW

A simple loop for wide-area search coordination.

A search-focused view helps command manage mixed resources while keeping the handoff from planning to field reporting legible.

  1. PlanDefine areas, priorities, hazards, and instructions.
  2. AssignMatch resources to bounded search work.
  3. AcknowledgeConfirm teams received the assignment.
  4. ReportReturn observations and sector status.
  5. ReviewResolve incoming reports at command.
  6. Close gapsIdentify incomplete or follow-up areas.

CLEAR PRODUCT BOUNDARY

Not a general fireground command system.

The search workflow sits alongside—and does not replace—CAD, incident command, responder accountability, mapping, drone, or evidence tools. Its fire-rescue scope is specifically the coordination and review of a search operation.

DESIGN WITH SEARCH AND MUTUAL-AID LEADERS

Test the workflow against your response model.

Bring your response model to a focused workflow interview and guided product review.

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