“The search does not start when the call comes in. It starts the moment the person is lost.”
The window is short
When someone goes missing, the clock starts immediately. Every minute spent searching the wrong area is a minute lost, and terrain, weather and darkness all work against the team on the ground.
Where technology helps
The goal is simple: give crews a direction sooner. A drone can cover ground that would take a team on foot hours, and the signal from a phone can shrink the search from an entire valley to a far smaller area.
