Find Missing Persons

For the purposes of the exercise, it was assumed that there were hostile hybrid actions that affected the municipality of Oława close Wrocław. Enemy drones hit the floodbanks on the Odra. There was damage, and at the same time, as a consequence of the panic of the drone attack, the people who participated in the outdoor events of the spring day fled.

They were missing, which is why the service had to take action. The search area covered respective twelve hectares of land between the rivers Odra and Oława. It was besides about uncovering drone wrecks and securing them. Territorials and representatives of another services went successively into the area divided into sectors. - We're leaving the spatula method. To date, it is utilized in search and rescue actions, but it is obsolete and is much better done by three-man teams, the so-called. fast threes – Miszczak says. He explains that in a large group of people walking with a spaller there is frequently a distraction during the march. That's why it's ineffective.

On the another hand, in the "fast three" system, which is used, among others, by GOPR rescuers and police, each individual from the squad is located at a maximum of 10 m from the companion. 1 of the squad members is simply a navigator who has a GPS receiver or a TAK telephone and he runs the full group. This is more effective and allows to keep the attention of the crew members.
The territorials utilized both drones and a service dog during the action. “Our German Shepherd, trained for search and rescue, is going with us in the field,” says St. Rafał (names are not revealed due to the nature of the service). He adds that soldiers set out to search for threes in designated sectors.

– In our case, and so territorial defence troops, specified 3 are most frequently composed of a navigator who makes certain that the group's march is located in a designated area, a dog guide who, along with the four-legged, seeks missing people and things, and a planner who coordinates the action and is liable for clearing and reporting from the search of the sector," explains the soldier. He adds that very crucial reinforcement of the search action were drones equipped with thermal imaging systems. – specified equipment allows to search the area from the air besides at night – he emphasizes.
The Oławski search action was successful. On the evening of March 21, we managed to find all the missing and remains of hostile drones that were decently secured. Local authorities from Oława are already announcing that specified exercises and workshops will be continued in the close future, but that in a more open expression – not only for service representatives, but besides for residents of the city.