SAR Vehicle Photos

[DarkHelmet]

I just remembered I never posted any of the vehicles from last years MRA Conference at Timberline Lodge

You missed mine in the parking lot somewhere up there.

- DH

[buckeyerocker]

Must be an East Coast thing. Here on the West Coast even as 501(c)(3) units we have trucks. Some units better than others depending on the affiliation or relationship with the Sheriff's Office or not. In WA our unit was Sheriff affiliated but not funded and we had two fairly new trucks thanks to fundraising and grant money. In Idaho we are not affiliated with a specific Sheriff's Office. Our trucks are a bit older. One donated by a member when he bought a new truck, another donated to us by the power company where one of our members works, and another is a retired ambulance for a command vehicle from a private ambulance company that another member works with.

- DH

just curious but what county is your unit in? when we lived in idaho we were part of bear lake county. we had an older 80's suburban that me and my dad put a 4 inch lift on it because the springs were sagging, an ex-sherriff dodge durango, and an old ambulance for the dive/climb equipment. also a couple of polaris snowmobiles, an inflatable raft, and a kodiak boat.

[buckeyerocker]

^^^^^^^^^^ and we were part of the county sherriffs department too.

[colodak]

Some of the SAR teams here in Colo. definetly have nice expensive equipment. In some cases (El Paso, Cty) it depends on your sponsor, in other cases (Alpine, Larimer Cty., Rocky Mtn.) , it helps to have the right people, in the right "locations" and "affiliations" with the state. I spent 5 yrs with Gilpin County, resigned when I got married and by the time I was able to get back into it, they had disbanded. The Sheriff and one of the Sgt's definetly supported us, unfortunately the money just wasn't there (sad given all the casino's in the area), I remember one call-out where the one Sgt. berated the leadership of another group who responded to a call within Gilpin Cty. instead of passing the call on to us. We didn't know they were called out until they requested an ambulance for their victim. When the tone went out for that, the Sgt. advised dispatch to tone SAR as well to respond/assist. When it was done, he and the Sheriff let the other team know that in the future they needed to advise us what they were doing first.

[PKDreamers]

Tow truck at Birdsville QLD Australia..

[acasper708]

Not really SAR but I'm a first responder/ emergency recovery. I'm on the highway though. we got some pretty sweet trucks.

[DarioCarrera]

My Contribution:

[billy bee]

Little late to this party, but, after seeing this thread, I took pix of our two primary units during the last call-out. I am a probationary (for now) member of the San Luis Obispo County unit, which is attached to the sheriff's office.

683 (with porta-potty attachment)


1755--which is the communications and command center


We are pretty busy as we are a vacation destination. We patrol the Oceano Dunes and are called to remote locations pretty regularly. Just not very rugged country here, however.

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[PhotoJared]

Not a dedicated SAR vehicle but a very capable people hauler on missions. I'm working on my SAR Tech II training right now.

[verdesardog]

Here's MY SAR truck, Azul Brute and air scent dog, Aimee:



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