Mason County Search and Rescue

12/21/2019

Tragic

A member of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue team died Saturday while searching for missing hiker Sree Mokkapati on Mount Baldy in California. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a tweet at 5:02 p.m. that a rescue team member was separated from ...

07/20/2019

If you pack it in... pack it out.

06/28/2019

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06/09/2019

Pursuant to Mason County Search and Rescue by-laws and the manual of policy and procedures, the annual election of board members has been set for June 22nd 2019. Any members wishing to be nominated must do so by June 8th 23:59 via email [email protected].

The Board of Directors would like to extend 3 advisory board positions to the citizens of Mason County. Consideration for advisory positions should be emailed to [email protected] no later than June 8th 23:59.

06/05/2019

Hey Mason county, say hello to your to new certified searchers.

Morgan Ireland and Jared Core graduated the MCSAR Academy as a certified search and rescue professional volunteer. These two amazing people have worked hard and are fit for duty.

The academy trains to exacting standards, voulunteers investing a minimum of 140 hours in the classroom and field, learning search and survival techniques and are able to insert to any environment and care for a search subject.

Thanks for your hard work.

06/04/2019

Jason, otherwise known by his call sign "Mobile 50" has a new toy he plans to add a few bells and whistles to. This is just one example of the commitment our volunteers go to while serving Mason and surrounding counties on their own dime. Mobile 50 is always on duty and ready for the call.

04/30/2019

Totally stole this from Central North Carolina Search and Rescue.

04/08/2019

The final 2018-2019 field training put to rest. Our dedicated professional volunteers sacrificed another weekend of their time to refine search, first aid and extraction skills as well as navigation using map and compass. Mason County Search and Rescue is proud to report another 3 novices graduating to fully certified searchers. We'll see you 3 next year for Team Leader training.

Just as we were back in service at HQ (stowing gear, replacing supplies. etc) MCSAR was deployed by the sheriff's office and met the challenge living up to its motto, " Any Mission, Anywhere ".

We will always work hard to be ready to serve our community.

04/01/2019

It is Mason County Search and Rescue protocol to refer all mission related specific questions to the Mason County Sheriff's Office.

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03/04/2019

Life is full of changes, as is our website. You can be sure that while our website is down and the tech gremlins are busy, we are training hard to keep our level of professionalism at its peak.

This weekend the dedicated team of Mason County Search and Rescue kept busy with our second evolution of field training. Going back to basics was the theme, and all hands were busy showing there skills on navigation (GPS and map and compass), leapfrogging, knot tying, and tarp shelters to name a few.

The weekend concluded with a timed rodeo of skills competition, fun was had by all, with a little friendly smack talk on the side. The Skills Rodeo ended with an exhibition demonstration by a two member team setting a Z drag belay rope system. I know it's a little nerdy but what do you expect from people who think spending their spare time sleeping and playing in the dirt in winter is fun and nessicary.

Our thanks go out to the team and our friends of MCSAR who help to make this all possible.

02/09/2019

We just received confirmation that the Polar Plunge was canceled. Stay tuned.