Few things come with the emotional involvement, cognitive challenges, or behavioral organization and action as those times when resources are mobilized to conduct a search and rescue mission, perform a recovery operation, or engage in the collection of vital evidence. The purpose of this book is to focus on the underlying personal and behavioral factors involved in search and rescue including the subjects of a search and rescue mission, the search and rescue unit members participating in an operation, the search and rescue command staff preparing for and responding to an event, and the community at large before, during, and after a search and rescue activity.