Assessment Phase (Size-Up) : The process of assessing the conditions, the scene, and the subject's condition and ability to assist in his or her own rescue
NFPA 1670 Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents, 2009 ed. https://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/AboutTheCodes/16 70/Errata1670-09-1.pdf, (Std: Opr and Trng for Tech Search and Rsq Incid - Amer) {408 NFC}