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Search one rescue team9/28/2023 ![]() These dogs have extensive training before they are certified to be used by OES. Search Dogs are utilized, and are either bloodhounds or air-scent dogs. This special team contains ice climbers, rock climbers, mountaineers and backcountry skiers who are well trained in search and rescue and are able to be self sufficient for several days in the backcountry. These teams are deployed in the High Sierras all year round to search for lost backpackers, skiers, mountaineers and other individuals lost in alpine environments. Mountain Rescue Team (MRA) members undergo additional training to perform Snow and Ice Rescue, Technical Rock Rescue, Man Tracking, and downed aircraft locating (via ELT), all in an alpine environment. These teams can expect to either stay in the field for extended periods, or go through several shorter assignments. They search their assigned areas conducting voice calls for the subject, looking for tracks and other clues. These teams are given maps of the area, an assignment, and a briefing regarding the subject. Two or more foot searchers are dispatched from the command post, each unit with a radio and their 24 hour pack. Some of the most common are: Ground Units Marin County Search and Rescue uses many different resources. All our members are volunteers so they come to searches when they can but family and work come first, we aren’t expecting you to give up your life. Most searches resolve within 8–12 hours but some may continue on for 48–72 hours or longer. Within an hour of getting the call from the Sheriff’s Office we will have 20–30 members on scene starting a search. ![]() Go to work and school after searching all nightĪ typical wilderness search is for a hiker that is overdue on Mount Tam, reported by a family member or friend. ![]() with lots of amazing SAR gearĪre made up of both adult and youth membersĪssist with natural disasters, and pretty much anything which involves injured or missing people Have a fleet of vehicles from the Sheriff’s Dept. Have a bunch of neat equipment that has been donated, purchased through contributions or through the Sheriff’s OfficeĪre a volunteer organization, so we provide all of our personal gear ourselves (this can run several hundred dollars) Have two general meetings and one full day of training each month on the calendarĪre all medically trained to at least the Emergency Medical Responder level (training offered at minimal cost by the team)Ĭonduct evidence searches for various law enforcement agencies in MarinĪre one of 20 Mountain Rescue teams in California so you can (with proper training) respond to the middle of the high sierras year round Get paged out for a search mission (usually at 2:00AM in the pouring rain) and eagerly respond to the command post Search for missing people in the wilderness and urban settings all over California You know that we are the Search and Rescue team, but what is it that we do?
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