Is It Human, LLC

 Jim Russell owns and operates IS IT HUMAN, LLC and has been an active member of the Commonwealth of Virginia Search and Rescue (COVSAR) program since 2014.

He is the Director of the Search and Rescue Tracking Institute (SARTI) and the Group Commander of Tidewater Search and Rescue (TSAR) as well as the group’s Virginia Search and Rescue Council (VASARCo) representative, dispatcher, and recruiter.

Jim holds certifications as a Search Team Leader (STL), Management Team Member (MTM), and Tracking Technician (TT) from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM).

In 2019, Jim became a VDEM Adjunct Instructor for the Virginia Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR) Academy and has been part of the instructor cadre for the Tracking Team Operations (formerly called F.A.S.T.) class, Search Team Operations class, and the Search Team Leadership class.

Jim is also an instructor for the Natural Awareness Tracking School (NATS) and teaches human tracking and land navigation with NATS owner, Rob Speiden.

In addition to his instruction with VDEM and NATS, Jim is a recurring presenter at the Virginia Search and Rescue Conference providing classes in land navigation, human tracking, and comparative osteology.

Also in 2019, Jim launched The Russell Bone Atlas (www.RussellBoneAtlas.com), a free comparative osteology website that first responders can use while in the field to help identify bones. He has also been researching and developing his own workshops for comparative osteology, comparing and identifying human and non-human bones that are found during searches. He has attended comparative osteology workshops at Radford University, Western Carolina University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

IS IT HUMAN, LLC is a provider of educational and training events and printed materials to search and rescue, law enforcement, fire/rescue, and park rangers.

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