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Search and rescue has many definition and meanings. According to Ahmed (2006), search and rescue is an operation conducted by personnel of the emergency organizations who is trained and have the skills in search and rescue to find the person(s) in distress or difficult area such as in mountains, deserts, forest or at sea [1]. However, there are a different methods search and rescue that are being used by the different national search and rescue organizations worldwide such as use specialized dog teams, sophisticated listening device, sensing systems and most recently, robots. In this paper, search and rescue that will be conducted are totally different with the methods that already exist. The methodology to generate optimal grid pattern model for search and rescue in dipterocarp forest is proposed with the use of GPS Technology. The SAR team members will be searching of a test area for a test item. They will not know the actual location of the test item. The location of each SAR team will be tracked using GPS Technology. The size and pattern of the search grid and the distance between the SAR team members will be monitored to determine the optimal search grid pattern. If the test item can be found 100% at all times, then the optimal search grid pattern if found. The results must be at 100% because human lives are at stake.