Randall's Adventure & Training Search and Rescue
RAT SAR members completed a 4-day Cave Rescue Technician class hosted by Huntsville Cave Rescue Unit. This class is sanctioned by the Alabama Fire College and is the only NFPA 1006 certified course in cave rescue in the nation. For more information on the class visit: http://www.hcru.org/rescueclass
On July 12, 2021 RAT-SAR responded to a request for assistance by Patrick County, VA sheriff’s office to locate a missing person. Sadly, the search became a recovery mission when the person was found deceased.
RAT-SAR would like to thank the Patrick County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Dan Smith for their dedication and hard work throughout this situation.
Read the news story about the search.
Thanks to everyone who responded to today’s lost person search. The check-in sheet shows a total of 26 responders from Lawrence County, Huntsville Cave Rescue Unit, NW AL K9, SARTEC K9 and RAT-SAR.
RAT-SAR was called out to assist with a large search in East Tennessee. RAT-SAR team members from Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee spent 3-days on the ground and covered six separate missions in rugged terrain.
Latest update: https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/crews-scaling-back-search-for-summer-wells/
The 5th annual cave rescue exercise with North Carolina rescue technicians and RAT-SAR didn’t disappoint with its challenging, flooded conditions inside the cave and a high line rescue across the main pit entrance.
Great FUNSAR training weekend with NW AL K9, SARTECH K9, a BUSAR team member, and RAT-SAR team members. Good work by all the participants!
We train for these types of operations a lot. This past week we put our single rope access skills to use on a multi-day search in rugged terrain. Many thanks to the Haywood Rescue Squad SAR team for their work and expertise, as well as NW Alabama K9, SARTEC K9 and HSDU for their work on this search. Please keep the Williams family in your thoughts and prayers in the days to come. Thank you to every team, every rescuer, and every volunteer who poured their heart and soul into finding Mr. Williams. I so wish for the family and everyone involved that the outcome would have been different. Thank you to our team members who never stop training and never give up on doing everything they can to make a positive difference in someone’s life. Helping others is what makes this life worth living, even when the outcome is not what you hoped for.
A few quick photos from this weekend’s SRT class. Lot of hard work went into this one but everyone. Great weather, even better group of people.
Good weekend of RAT-SAR team training on raises and lowers using lightweight gear at Buck’s Pocket State Park. It’s great to be a part of such an awesome team of sar technicians.
