Item: A SURVEY OF TERMINOLOGY FACTORS RELATED TO AVALANCHE TRANS-CEIVER USE
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Title: A SURVEY OF TERMINOLOGY FACTORS RELATED TO AVALANCHE TRANS-CEIVER USE
Proceedings: Proceedings, International Snow Science Workshop, Whistler, BC, Canada, 2026
Authors:
- Steve Conger [ Golden, BC, Canada ]
Date: 2026-09-28
Abstract: A 15-question survey was disseminated to avalanche transceiver users of any experience level and in any country, including avalanche instructors, students, and winter backcountry travelers using a variety of travel modes, from March to July 2025. Distributed in cooperation with the UIAA Avalanche Working Group, the survey's goal was to identify the most universally accepted avalanche transceiver function terms from a global perspective that will be direct, concise, and effective during an emergent avalanche rescue situation. The survey focused on avalanche transceiver function terms (how/what a transceiver does), rather than on avalanche rescue terminology (such as signal, coarse, fine, pinpoint). This paper describes the results of the survey.
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.37.pdf
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15788/1790098788
Language of Article: English
Presenter(s): Steve Conger
Keywords: Transceiver, Search, Standards, Education, Rescue Training
Page Number(s): 1200 - 1207
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