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We have in our archives more than a hundred letters fromįamilies and allied agencies thanking us for a job well done. Many more people have been saved from great Many dozens of lives haveīeen saved by team members. We estimate that more than 1,000 people have served theirĬommunity through this unit since the late 1960’s.
The best equipment and training available. The unitĮnjoys the strong support of the Sheriff’s Office, ensuring that the team has Youth members have made many life-savingįinds in recent history and remain an important asset to our team.
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Students as young as 14 are eligible to join the team and are full membersĪlongside our adult members, filling management and leadership roles as well asīeing indispensable as searchers. Youth members are a vital part of Marin’s team. Marin is the only team in theĬountry that has youth members as part of its Mountain Rescue Team. Marin became one of the elite teams of the MRA. In 2006, after two years of training and passing three tests, Two years to pass all the testing to be qualified by the Mountain RescueĪssociation. Searches, and so the team decided to establish a Mountain Rescue Team. In 2004, when there weren’t as many searches locally,Ĭounties in the Sierras and up north were having more challenging and technical John, is an expert in searching forĪbducted children, and teaches a class on that subject to SAR teams around the The team has used with great success to quickly search and disperse teams along E-Bikes are also an innovative addition that Technology in search management and planning. Marin Search and Rescue is a leader in using the most recent Today, the unit has 120 members and is well known throughoutĬalifornia as an excellent SAR team, with specialties including search management,Īnd Type 1 teams, which are capable of responding in the most challenging Responded on our first mutual aid search to Sonoma County in December 1988. We revised and expanded our training with the help ofĬAL-ESAR, Sonoma SAR, and several influential, outside instructors. In late 1988, with fifteen new members, we began our efforts to make the team Realized it needed to revamp the program to keep up with the greater demands. In 1988, the unit found itself floundering with few members and In 1978, sponsorship of the team wasĬhanged to the Sheriff’s Department, and the unit began to respond to its first That time we assisted with the Orphan Airlift at Hamilton Field of VietnameseĬhildren and many first aid events.
The team was first sponsored in 1976 by the Red Cross. They returned and quickly convinced the rest of the group to change the Scouting conference in Washington state and learned about explorer search and
During the mid 1970s, several members attended a In 1971, we were the first scouting group in Rescue Unit started as Boy Scout Explorer Post 74 in 1966, oriented towardĮcology and outdoor education.
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