Recently our team responded to a search in Olympic National Park where a member of Governor Inslee's staff had been missing for several days. We were able to provide both on-site and remote planning and operational support that helped bring this mission to a...
Here is a sample of the missions we deployed on in 2020. During 2020 we experienced a 55% increase in requests for our services. We provided support for 17 missions that spanned 8 Washington counties and all 3 of the Washington State National Parks. Several of these...
2019 SSPU Search Planning Methods Guide Quick menu access to decision guides, search theory principles, and search planning spreadsheet tools. 2019 Muir Preplan 2019 Muir Snowfield SAR Incident PrePlan, prepared for Mount Rainier National Park.
From the slopes of Mt. Rainier, to the wilds of the North Cascades National Park, to the pine forests of eastern Washington and the wide-open spaces of southern Washington, our members deployed on 11 SAR missions in 2019. Many of the missions that our members go on...
We received our first ever grant from the Puget Sound Energy Foundation. This grant for $5,000 will assist us in purchasing Probability-Based Search Planning Software. This software will help up be more efficient in our search planning activities. The donation we...