Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue (PNWSAR) is an all volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to providing Search and Rescue assistance for people who are lost or injured out of doors. Our organization exists to provide ground search teams and other types of assistance to the official agencies responsible for search and rescue activities in our region (by Oregon law, the county Sheriff).
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Our specialty is ground search operations. We focus our training on the development and maintenance of outdoor navigation, search, patient evacuation and survival skills. We also have a certified mountain bike team to augment our ground searches when it's appropriate. All field operation team members will meet PNWSAR and Oregon State Sheriff’s Association basic search and rescue certification standards. We also train to develop skills that will be utilized in command post and base camp functions during a SAR incident.
We work very closely with the Clackamas County Sheriff Department’s search and rescue coordinators for training and testing as well as other regional search and rescue organizations and belong to the Mt. Hood SAR Council. We also participate in joint training operations with other search and rescue groups. This prepares our teams to effectively participate in SAR missions that require high levels of cooperation and teamwork with the many diverse resource groups (i.e.: dog teams, snowmobiles, high angle rescue, medical teams, and other ground search teams).
Announcements
PNWSAR is NOT accepting membership applications at this time.Submitted by Dave Prouty Tuesday, November 1, 20117:43 Due to recent overwhelming response, we have suspended our recruiting efforts. If you are interested in search and rescue and PNWSAR in particular, please feel free to attend our general meetings that occur on the second Tuesday of each month until such time as we are able to recruit again.. See our calendar for meeting details. Thank you and our apologies for the inconvenience. |
2012 SARCON registration is now openSubmitted by Scott Houser Tuesday, May 1, 201212:41 Registration is now open for the 2012 Northwest Search and Rescue Conference (SARCON) hosted by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, October 11-14. This year's location will be scenic Camp Kuratli at Trestle Glen in Boring, Oregon. For more information please visit www.nwsarcon.com |