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Prepare

Get yourself mission-ready or review foundational SAR concepts

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Health and Fitness for SAR

Be ready for whatever the mission physically demands.

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Gear and Clothing for SAR

Having the right gear and clothing for SAR missions matters.

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Basic SAR Survival

Learn how to survive when things do not go as planned.

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Mental Health for Responders

Essential knowledge and action for mental health concerns.

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Understanding Radios for SAR

Learn how two-way radios work. Do you copy?

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Firearm Safety for SAR

Learn gun safety and handling concepts.

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Legal Concepts in SAR

This course includes the duty to act, volunteer protection, and more.

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ICS and Professionalism in SAR

Incident Command System principles.

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Risk Management and Decision Making in SAR

Learn how to best manage risk and correct common cognitive errors.

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Cases in SAR Litigation

Learn about common reasons for ligation in SAR

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Safe Trailer Operations for SAR

This Course familiarizes SAR and other Responders with the safe use of a trailer.

Locate

Your ability to quickly locate a SAR subject may mean the difference between life and death

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SAR Land Navigation

This course include compass use, lat/long, UTM, datums, and more.

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GPS and Satellite Navigation

The basics of setting waypoints, creating routes, and track logs.

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Field Search Tactics

Includes clue awareness, basic tracking, and more.

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Working with K9’s in SAR

Learn how to effectively work with search dogs in the field.

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Helicopter RECCO Use for SAR Leaders

Learn more about the powerful capabilities of RECCO in SAR

Access and Treat

Stabilize life-threatening injuries and illness

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Learn how to handle the initial moments of making first contact with a subject. Including basic first aid.

Subject First Encounter

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Wilderness First Aid

Earn your WFA certification remotely - no travel required and still hands-on!

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Wilderness Medicine for Advanced Providers - Introduction

Learn how to work with first responders and EMS and medical guidelines. For Paramedics and above.

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In-house Wilderness Medicine Training for Teams

Become an instructor to provide wilderness medicine training for your team for only $65 per person. Instructors must be WFR or above.

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Crime Scene Operations

Learn the do’s and don’ts of crime scenes

Extricate

Up steep cliffs, across rivers, over boulders, or via air to definitive care

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Helicopter Safety for SAR

Helicopters are cool and dangerous! Learn how to safely work with and around them.

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Common Knots in SAR

From the figure eight to the alpine butterfly, review the most basics knots use in SAR.

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Litter Packaging & Evacuation

Strap them in and haul them out — gently and safely.

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Flexible Rescue Litters

Review how to properly use a SKED, TRS, and MEDSLED!