I Will Be Searching In Non-Wilderness Areas

Thanks for your interest in becoming a SAR responder.  If you want to be a searcher, and you are comfortable in built up urban/suburban/rural areas, and local parks where pavement is never too far away and there is probably a 24 hour gas station near by, then this for you.  Your possible assignments as a non-wilderness responder include neighborhood canvassing, posting flyers, grid searching in local parks, and treating missing persons or team members that might be injured.

Non-Wilderness Responder / Operational Level / SARTECH III

There are 4 levels of certification recognized in SAR.  They are Awareness, Operational, Technician, Supervision.  The Non-Wilderness Responder is the lowest level operational certification.  It prepares you for assisting in community searches.  It does not prepare you to do things like searching in wilderness areas or hanging off ropes, or transporting victims in litters.

NASAR refers to this level of certification as SARTECH III.

Education

Prerequisites:  None for the education portion (there are some for the certification below)

Position Task Book (PTB):  There is no PTB used for this course (but there is for the certification below)

Delivery Format:  Get the book and read it

Length of Delivery:  This is a self-paced program, read the book, take your time

Textbook:  Introduction to Search and Rescue (we call it the ISAR book)

Certification

Prerequisites:

Current CPR / Basic First Aid

Incident Command System - 100 (ICS-100)  There are many on line and in-person versions of this course, we accept all ICS-100 variants

Incident Command System - 700 (ICS-700)

Position Task Book (PTB):

Examination:  On line test of 100 randomized questions from a pool of questions (80% to pass / 2 attempts per purchase)

Practical Skills Demonstration:  There are no practical skills to test for this certification

Certificate:  You will be able to download a SARTECH III certificate valid for 3 years when successful

Recertification

Position Task Book (PTB): 

Examination:  On line test of 100 randomized questions from a pool of questions (80% to pass / 2 attempts per purchase)

Experience:  Provide 36 hours of training, deployment, exercises over the past 3 years

Certificate:  You will be able to download a SARTECH III certificate valid for 3 years when successful

Standards Supported

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

ISAR Textbook   /   Link to COURSE     /     Link to CERT     /     Link to RECERT     /     DHS/FEMA Training