For Those Interested In Joining

WCSAR invites those who want to learn more about our organization to attend one of our monthly meetings.

Team members with varied and specialized skills can play important roles in search-and-rescue. 

WCSAR members regularly spend many hours together developing the team, and educating the community and other service providers, in addition to actually searching for a lost person.  Cohesiveness of the group is an absolute imperative for the successful functioning of the team.

• Self-starting, trustworthy individuals who derive satisfaction from helping others.

• Willingness to contribute to, and blend into, a team effort.

• Patience and an even temperament: the ability to exercise a sense of humor in less than optimal conditions (bad weather, fatigue, confusion, disappointment).

• Capable of working with intensity and enthusiasm and remain focused on task.

•  Willing to participate regularly in scheduled group trainings, education nights, business meetings, and demonstrations.  You are also expected to train informally with other WCSAR members and to demonstrate measurable progress through the ground search and rescue certification course.  Anyone found unsuitable for search work for any reason,  may be asked to suspend training.  Trainees may be called out to assist at a search.

How Do I Get Involved?

If you have read this far and are interested in taking the next step,

please send us an email!