Join King County Search & Rescue

King County Explorer Search and RescueInter­ested in help­ing oth­ers? Love the out­doors? Live near Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton? Come join King County Search and Res­cue (ESAR)!

King County Search and Res­cue is 100% vol­un­teer orga­ni­za­tion. It sur­vives only by peo­ple will­ing to donate their time and money. Our vol­un­teers range from every age (must be at least 14 years old) and back­ground. Our train­ing sees expe­ri­enced out­door enthu­si­asts and folks who’ve never camped before. There is some­thing for every­one and so don’t let expe­ri­ence, time com­mit­ment, or abil­ity deter you.

What you learn in training:

  • Search Tech­niques
  • Lit­ter Pack­ing & First Aid
  • Map and Com­pass skills
  • Basic backpacking/camping/outdoor skills

 Once the train­ing is done, what does KCESAR do?

 Basi­cally four things:

  • Evi­dence search (assist­ing law enforce­ment to look for evidence)
  • Wilder­ness search (look­ing for lost peo­ple in the wilder­ness, e.g. over­due hikers)
  • Urban search (look­ing for lost peo­ple in urban envi­ron­ments, e.g. demen­tia patients who wan­der off)
  • Wilder­ness res­cue (extract­ing peo­ple from the trails when they’re injured, e.g. bro­ken leg)

 How to get started? Come to an ori­en­ta­tion (aka Course A)!

Upcom­ing Ori­en­ta­tion Dates (Course A):

7:00–9:00 PM
Please bring photo ID. Dri­vers, please bring proof of auto insurance

Learn more:

http://www.kcesar.org/
http://www.kcesar.org/training.aspx
http://www.kcesar.org/schedule.aspx

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