Awards and Ribbons
Award
Requirements
Medal of Honor - (posthumously awarded) – awarded for line-of-duty death.
Medal of Valor – awarded for an on-duty...
Help Us Help Others!
The United States Search and Rescue Task Force provides services to the community at no charge. However, the cost of providing search and rescue...
Hypothermia and Cold Weather Injuries
United States Search and Rescue Task Force
How We Lose Heat to the Environment
Radiation - loss of heat to the environment due to the...
About Fingerprints
Fingerprints form before birth and, except for cuts resulting in permanent scars and diseases such as leprosy, remain unchanged until the body decomposes after...
Training Information
United States Search and Rescue Task Force
Avalanche Search and Rescue Dog Training
Bryson’s Canine Training
Canadian Coast Guard College--SAR Training Faculty
Dive Rescue International
Emergency Response International
ERI, International
Life...
The U.S. SAR Task Force
The U.S. SAR Task Force Mission Statement
Dedication - Perseverance - Service - “Working Together, So Others May Live”
The United States Search and Rescue...
Avalanches
Avalanches can happen wherever there is snow lying on ground of sufficient angle. Accidents in recent years in most mountain areas
Avalanches
Avalanches can happen wherever...
United States Search and Rescue Task Force
Search and Rescue and Related Associations
American Red Cross
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference
Colorado Search and Rescue Board
Landsbjörg - Association of Icelandic Rescue Teams
Maryland Search Teams...
Heat Related Illnesses
Fluid Balance
All the body's fluids make up one large body fluid pool. Losses of fluid from any one source is reflected in the levels...
The United States Search and Rescue Rangers
United States Search and Rescue Task Force
When a person is lost or endangered or when a disaster occurs, seconds can mean the difference between life...
