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SAR 1: A mobile base of operations with everything needed for search management operations and searcher (both human and K9) supplies.
Northwest Pennsylvania K-9 Search and Rescue is an all volunteer group that is dedicated to assisting public safety agencies in finding missing people. We are on call 24 hours a day 365 days a year. We search for lost or missing people in wilderness, urban and disaster settings. We also locate human remains both on land and in water.
We can only be activated by agencies handling a search incident, this would include law enforcement, fire departments and emergency management personnel. There is never a fee for our service. We are dispatched through the Crawford County 911 center by calling 1-800-223-3008 (this number is for emergencies only, to contact us please use the email on the contact us page).
More than k9s
There is a lot more to our team than K9's. We are trained and equipped to perform grid and foot searches in all types of weather and terrain. We also have training in a number of search related disciplines such as wilderness medicine, search management, disaster response and more. We can also provide assistance to agencies coordinating a search with our knowledge of search planning, tactics and lost person behavior. It is also our pleasure to announce that we are both a member of the Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council (PSARC) and also members to the Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference (ASRC). This will help us with our skills as a team as well as help provide mutual aid to fellow teams in Pennsylvania, as well as teams in Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Service Area
NWPAK9SAR's primary service area includes the following counties: Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Warren and Venango.
Mutual Aid Service Area: Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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