| Aid station |
Verbandsplatz |
First-aid post within the staging area; DV-101 = white square with red cross |
| Air-scent search |
Flächensuche |
Method where the dog searches a defined area for any human scent |
| Audit entry |
Audit-Eintrag |
Log entry generated automatically by the system (vs. user input) |
| BRH |
BRH |
Federal Association of Search and Rescue Dogs (Bundesverband Rettungshunde e. V.) |
| Cadaver / HRD search |
Leichensuche |
Specialty for finding deceased persons |
| Conflict-Free Replicated Data Type (CRDT) |
CRDT |
Mathematical model used by Yjs for live-sync conflict resolution |
| DV 101 |
DV 101 |
German civil-protection regulation defining standardized tactical-sign symbology |
| GDPR |
DSGVO |
EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) |
| Incident commander |
Einsatzleiter:in (EL) |
Operational lead for a mission |
| Initial Planning Point |
IPP |
Where search planning starts (often = Last-Known-Point) |
| K9 unit |
K9-Einheit |
Working dog-handler team |
| Key Derivation Function |
KDF |
PBKDF2-SHA512 (v1) or scrypt (v2) for passphrase-based encryption |
| Last-Known-Point |
LKP |
Last verified location of the missing subject |
| Lost Person Behavior model |
Koester-Modell |
Statistical behavior model (R. J. Koester, NASAR 2008) |
| Mantrailing |
Mantrailing (MT) |
Following an individual person's specific scent |
| Mission journal |
Tagebuch |
Chronological mission log with radio messages |
| Multicast DNS / Bonjour |
mDNS |
LAN auto-discovery protocol for sync hosts |
| NASAR |
NASAR |
National Association for Search and Rescue (USA) |
| Polygon-area search |
Suchgebiet |
Defined polygon for systematic search |
| Probability of Area |
POA |
Likelihood the subject is in a given search area |
| Probability of Detection |
POD |
Likelihood a search would have found the subject if present |
| Progressive Web App |
PWA |
Browser-based installable app variant |
| Radio officer |
Funkwart |
Person responsible for radio communications |
| Rubble / disaster search |
Trümmersuche |
Specialty for locating buried persons in collapsed structures |
| Search-and-rescue dog team |
Rettungshundestaffel (RHS) |
Operational unit of certified dog-handler teams |
| Squad |
Trupp |
2-5 person tactical unit, typically with 1-2 dogs |
| Staging area |
Bereitstellungsraum (B-Raum) |
Central assembly point for arriving squads |
| Strength reporting |
Stärkemeldung |
Standardized unit-personnel notation (ZF/GF/HF/HE/FL-H/MT-H) |
| Tactical sign |
Taktisches Zeichen |
DV-101-compliant symbology element |
| Track import |
Track-Import |
GPS-track upload from squad smartphones |
| Trail (mantrailing) |
Trail |
Individual scent trail being followed |
| UTM grid |
UTM-Gitter |
Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate grid |
| Victim profile |
Steckbrief |
Structured missing-person profile |
| Water search |
Wasserortung |
Specialty for detecting drowning victims |
| Weather adaptation factor |
Wetter-Faktor |
Multiplier reducing dog max-time under heat / storm / cold |
| Witness staleness |
Witterungsalter |
Time elapsed between scent source contact and trail start |
| Yjs |
Yjs |
JavaScript library implementing CRDT live-sync |