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Help us help you - To Donate to the search and rescue team please use this form Donation Form
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Men
and Woman at least 18years of age for unique community service. Must be willing
to travel at a moments notice and hike great distances over varied terrain.
Shifts are mainly late night and early morning hours, often working with no help
to do the impossible in poor or extreme weather. You provide all the equipment,
We provide the working conditions. Interested applicants apply to your local
Search and Rescue Unit. Salary $0.00 - $0.00 What to expect during you
probationary period?
The first six months of your membership will
be a very busy time. Since the Wilderness team is a part of NAVAC (North Area
Volunteer Ambulance Corps) You will
be expected to attend monthly Probationary meetings which go over all their
procedures and protocals. In addition to that you will also be asked to attend
the NAVAC business meeting as well.
These meetings occur on the fourth Thursday from 6pm to 9pm and third Thursday
of every month from 7-9om.
You are also expected to attend at least 50% of all Wilderness Search and
rescue Drills. These Drills are always on the second Sunday and last Wednesday
of every month. These Drills will cover everything from tracking to GPS work and
survival training. This 50% attendance rule for WSAR drill stays in effect even
after your probationary period is over. During these first six months you will be expected to
take CPR and First -aid courses given a NAVAC on a regular basis (if you already
have a current certification we will not ask you to go through it again.) We
know that this will be a very busy time for you but we want to have our members
fully operational as quickly as we can
so you can help in any calls that come in. Who would make a good
Wilderness Search and Rescue Member?
The answer to
that is anyone. If you enjoy being in the outdoors in all types of weather and
enjoy doing something good for your community
then your more than welcome to join us.
We have members from all walks of life with vastly different EMS
experience. We currently have Firefighters, EMT’s, Businessmen, policemen and
everyone in-between. All of the current members bring two common things to the
team. Enthusiasm and a commitment to help save lives.
We can train you in the rest
of skills you’ll need during your probationary
membership period.
Before
you commit to becoming a SAR member, please consider the following:
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Are you ready, physically and mentally, to spend long hours, day and night, in
some of the worst weather and terrain conditions?
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Are you willing to get up at 3 a.m. and drive for 5-6 hours, possibly to spend
only 1-2 hours on a search, or possibly not search at all? - Are you willing to continue
training 2-4 times a month or more, even when searches are few and far between? - Are you willing to commit to
participation in public education and displays, giving up free weekends to do
so?
-Are
you willing to spend possibly thousands of dollars on equipment that could mean
your safety or even saving your life? How
to apply:
Simply call 315-458-7514
or contact
us at
www.
WSAR.ORG.
Ask for a member application for
The Search and Rescue Team and we would be more than happy to send one to you. -
Fill it out and send it in with two
letters of recommendation and we will contact you for a interview. -
After the interview your application will be voted on by the NAVAC membership
board to approve you as a probationary member
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