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Member Groups
All of the groups listed below operate under a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management . For additional
information on becoming a member or VASARCO, please go to
Membership Procedures.
Canine
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Blue and Gray Search and Rescue Dogs
Harrisonburg, VA: Blue and Gray is a professional
volunteer wilderness Search and Rescue organization
serving the Mid-Atlantic region. Blue and Gray is a
member of the Virginia Search and Rescue Council and
operates as a state resource under an MOU with the
Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
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DOGS-East Search and Rescue
Falls Church, VA: DOGS-East is a professional
volunteer wilderness Search and Rescue organization
serving the Mid-Atlantic region and is an active member
of the Virginia SAR Council.
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Greater Atlantic Rescue Dogs
Virginia Beach, VA: An all-volunteer search and
rescue organization, Greater Atlantic Rescue Dogs (GARD)
uses specially trained dogs to search for and find lost
or missing people in wilderness, rural or disaster
environments. GARD uses air scent dogs that will detect
any human scent in a given area. They are a member of
the Virginia Search and Rescue Council and operate as a
state resource with the Virginia Department of Emergency
Management.
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K9 Alert Search and Rescue Dogs, Inc.
Powhatan, VA: Based in the Richmond area, K-9
Alert Search and Rescue Dogs, Inc is a member of the
Virginia Search and Rescue Council and operates as a
state resource under a MOU with the Virginia Department
of Emergency Management.
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Mid-Atlantic D.O.G.S.
Rockville, MD: Mid-Atlantic D.O.G.S. (MA/D) has
dog/handler teams located in various geographic
locations throughout the states of Maryland and
Virginia. MA/D strives to provide quick response for
search assistance in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The unit is
also available to respond to more distant locations.
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Virginia Search and Rescue Dog Association
Nokesville, VA: The Virginia Search and Rescue
Dog Association (VSRDA) is a highly skilled volunteer
canine search and rescue unit. VSRDA exclusively
utilizes German Shepherd dogs that are trained to locate
missing persons in wilderness, drowning, forensic
cadaver, disaster, and aircraft detection search and
rescue missions.
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Ground
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Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference (ASRC)
Mid-Atlantic Region:
The ASRC consists of eleven groups dedicated to
training to highest standards in Wilderness Search
and Rescue.
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Angel Search
and Rescue
Pittsylvania County, VA:
Angel Search and
Rescue provides trained ground searchers and command
organization for search and rescue operations or
natural/manmade disasters in Pittsylvania County and
surrounding areas. Angel SAR will also provide
assistance with communications and provide
supplemental emergency medical support as requested.
A secondary mission of Angel Search and Rescue is to
provide educational programs to the general public
in order to decrease the number of searches in the
area serviced by Angel Search and Rescue.
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Black Diamond
Search and Rescue Council
Southwest VA:
The Mission of Black Diamond
Search and Rescue Council is to provide wilderness
search and rescue, resource management, training,
and response coordination to the communities of
Southwestern Virginia including the counties of
Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott,
Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and the City of
Norton.
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Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group
Charlottesville, VA: The Blue Ridge Mountain
Rescue Group (BRMRG) is a member of the Appalachian
Search and Rescue Conference (ASRC), an emergency
resource that manages and assists in the search and
rescue of lost people and aircraft throughout
Virginia and its bordering states.
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Commonwealth Search & Rescue
Daleville, VA: CSAR is a state resource and
member organization of the Virginia Search and
Rescue Council, an advisory group to the Department
of Emergency Management, in Richmond. When called
upon, they provide communication support, equine
teams and trained ground searchers and field team
signcutters as the situation requires.
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Old Dominion Search and Rescue Team
Henry County, VA: ODSAR provides
primary assistance to missing person incidents in
Henry County, Patrick County and the City of
Martinsville. ODSAR is a member of the VA SAR
Council and has an MOU with VA Department of
Emergency Management. ODSAR provides logistic and
tactical support, communications and auxiliary power
and shelter to management. ODSAR is prepared
for urban and wilderness searches of missing persons
and aircraft when needed. To contact team use
e-mail: search4u2@earthlink.net.
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Piedmont Search & Rescue
Midlothian, VA: Based in the Greater Richmond
Virginia area, the Piedmont Search and Rescue (PSAR)
group is dedicated to saving lives in the outdoors
through prevention programs, public education, and
mission response.
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Rockingham-Augusta
Search & Rescue
Bridgewater, VA: Providing ground
search and rescue for the Shenandoah Valley,
Commonwealth of Virginia, and surrounding states
since 1984. We operate in the field, and in the
incident command post focusing on above ground
search and below ground rescue.
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Search and Rescue
Tracking Institute (SARTI)
Virginia: SARTI is a national organization
based in Virginia, whose mission is to preserve the
art and skills of tracking and provide trained
visual mantracking resources for lost or missing
persons.
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Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group (857)
Vienna, VA: The Shenandoah Mountain Rescue
Group (SMRG) is a professional volunteer wilderness
search and rescue organization established to
provide assistance to those who become lost or
injured in the outdoors.
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Southwest Virginia Mountain Rescue Group
Blacksburg, VA: The Southwest Virginia
Mountain Rescue Group (SWVAMRG) is a wilderness
search and rescue organization that provides
professional trained search management and field
personnel for missions in Virginia as well as the
mid Atlantic region. Services include all-weather
search and rescue of missing persons and downed
aircraft, complete search and rescue management,
technical and semi-technical evacuations, and safety
and survival education.
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Tidewater Search & Rescue
Hampton, VA: Tidewater Search and Rescue
(TSAR) is a non-profit volunteer organization based
in Norfolk Virginia. We provide incident command,
staff and ground search resources for lost person
searches in both wilderness and urban settings and
downed aircraft throughout Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Our members are
trained in technical and semi-technical rescue,
search tactics/techniques and land navigation to
accomplish this mission.
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Top of Virginia Search & Rescue
New Market, VA: TOVSAR is a volunteer
wilderness Search & Rescue group offering search
management, ground search, and semi-technical rescue
for missing people and aircraft. Our primary
response area is Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah and
Warren Counties and the City of Winchester in
Virginia, but we will respond anywhere in Virginia
and neighboring states through our association with
Virginia's Department of Emergency Management.
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TROT-SAR
Mounted Team
Mid-Atlantic Region: TROTSAR Mounted Team is
a first responder resource that serves government
public safety organizations in Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The
TROTSAR Mounted Search & Rescue Team Inc. is devoted
to working for various federal, state and local
governments, during incidents of lost and missing
persons.
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State
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Virginia Department of Emergency Management
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) is a
state agency and member of the Virginia SAR Council. VDEM works
closely with local government emergency managers, other state
agencies, voluntary organizations and federal agencies to ensure
a comprehensive, efficient and effective response to emergencies
and disasters throughout Virginia.
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