The National Association For Search And Rescue is the only professional non-profit association that supports the education and certification for SAR responders and advocates for volunteer protections.

Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over.

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Search and rescue in the United States involves a wide range of organizations that have search and rescue responsibilities. In January 2008, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the National Response Framework (NRF) which serves as the guiding document for a federal response during a national emergency.

Ground SAR education and certification is focused on building efficient and capable ground searchers that are professional clue and missing person seekers with the ability to interpret and protect clues as well as provide medical assistance to patients, searchers and the public.

Nov 4, 2020 · The National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System (the System), established under the authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 1989, is a framework for organizing federal, state and local partner emergency response teams as integrated federal disaster response task forces.

May 12, 2023 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Getting lost in an avalanche is a grim reality that Eli Michel, 34, of Columbia City, Indiana, and Nafiun Awal, 32, of Seattle faced late last week. Authorities said a search...

These four simple words define the passion and drive Search and Rescue (SAR) people have, and adverse conditions they put themselves through, to save others in distress. They take up the search on challenging terrain, in any weather, any time of year, day or night.