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- Becoming a Search and Rescue Volunteer Are you intrigued by stories about wilderness rescues and searches for missing hikers or stranded mountain climbers? If so, perhaps becoming a Search and Rescue...
- Man-Tracking 101: How To Find And Follow Tracks For Search And Rescue The main purpose of man-tracking is to determine the lost or missing person's direction of travel, which can greatly reduce the size of a search area. So wouldn't...
- SARpack: Search & Rescue Gear When I began training to be a Search and Rescue volunteer, one of the required classes focused on personal safety and gear. Being a well-seasoned hiker and long-distance...
- Rock Rescue Academy Part 3: Raising Systems Image Credit: Thomas_Sly on Flickr / CC Much of the time, technical rescue involves falls, with rescuers descending to the victim and then raising or lowering...
- Rock Rescue Academy Part 1: Learning to Rappel Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons / CC I'm no fan of heights, but somehow I wasn't (too) nervous as I backed up off the edge of a long way down under the...
- Ropes That Rescue Rigging Class Photos: Sedona, Arizona The following are photos from a week-long course I took with Ropes That Rescue in Sedona, Arizona. I took this technical rescue course because I'm a member...
- SAR City: A Search And Rescue Conference in Barstow, California In October, 2009, I attended my first three-day SARCity Conference in Barstow, California. SARCity is organized and run by the Barstow Desert Rescue Squad in...
- Rock Rescue Academy Part 4: Learning To Belay If something goes wrong after you've gone over the edge, it sure is nice to have a belay to keep you from going down, fast. In this article, as with the...
- Search and Rescue T-Shirts Are you a search and rescue volunteer or know someone involved with SAR? Have you or a friend or family member ever been assisted by Search and Rescue? Or do...
- Technical Rescue Equipment: The Gear I'm Using Two years ago, I began training for our Search & Rescue team's technical rescue group in a series of class and field sessions collectively known as the...
- Search and Rescue Videos -- Mountain Rescue, Technical Rescue and General SAR Watch actual video footage from Search and Rescue missions, interviews with SAR members and those they've helped, and see teams train for whatever may come their...
- Ropes That Rescue: Arizona Vortex Rigging Class From a Ropes That Rescue class i in Sedona, AZ From November 29th through December 3rd, I took my second class with Ropes That Rescue, based in Sedona, Arizona. This...
- Search And Rescue Articles, Blogs And Websites The more I participate in Search and Rescue, the more I enjoy it, the more I learn, the more satisfying it is, and the more I read and write about it. So I thought...
- Caving Pictures Experience * Let's face it, caves can be dark and caving is a dangerous sport or recreation. Caving accidents happen quickly, so if you are planning on going caving... wear...
- Caving Equipment - Climbing Gear - Rescue Ropes Caving is a sport and recreation, and learning to rappel rocks is essential. Having the right caving gear and equipment is essential for a safe adventure. Caving...
- Child GPS Tracking Device | GPS Tracking for Children With child GPS tracking devices you can locate your children and know where they are. With GPS tracking devices for children never wonder again where your kids...
- Listen To Live Radio Communications Online Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons / CC Being an addicted -- or maybe I should say enthusiastic -- Search and Rescue volunteer, I like to listen to our county's...
- Mounted Search and Rescue Teams -- State Directories Image credit: Wikimedia Commons This is not an exhaustive list of Mounted Search & Rescue Units. This is a list of MSAR units in the United States that have a...
- Wilderness Survival and Rescue Reading Ever since I joined a Search and Rescue (SAR) team in September, 2007, I've been reading book after book about true wilderness survival and SAR stories....
- The Use And Misuse Of The SPOT Satellite Messenger Imagine someone calling 9-1-1 from a remote area of the Grand Canyon because the water they filtered tastes kind of salty, setting in motion a risky rescue operation. Or...
