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Great weekend of lightweight technical rescue training with the team at Buck’s Pocket State Park.

RAT-SAR members spent the weekend honing their response skills to better serve the public and the authority having jurisdiction when the call goes out. Setting up a mobile command post, managing the search, and patient care after locating the subject were all practiced over a 3-day period.

As of the last day of September, RAT SAR has responded to 23 calls for assistance this year, with three of those calls coming in the last week. We can’t thank our members enough for their dedication and motivation when it comes to search and rescue. We will continue to expand our training and response as the “busy” season is now upon us.

Good day of training at the NW AL K9 training seminar. Lots of HRD work today with K9s and handlers from several states. Many thanks to Billy with ALEA for coming out and spending some time working with the various teams on search and rescue capabilities within our state!

RAT-SAR responded to Haywood County (NC) request for assistance for search and rescue efforts due to the flash flood event in Cruso, NC. RAT SAR fielded a total of nine sar technicians on the first day and four on the following day searching debris piles and river banks.

RAT-SAR was dispatched by Polk county Georgia to assist in the search efforts for an 83-year-old missing subject.

More info on the search

 

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/

https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/summer-wells-tn/timeline-of-the-search-for-summer-wells/