If you enjoy the outdoors and want to contribute to your community, joining a Summit to Sound Search and Rescue can be a rewarding way to get involved. On missions, the terrain and circumstances vary, but the goal is always the same: help locate and safely recover people who are lost or in need.
Summit to Sound currently has four specialty groups: Ground Search, K9, Water Rescue, and EMS.
- Ground Search is the foundation of our operations. Ground Search members work across a wide range of terrain to locate missing or lost people. All Summit to Sound members are part of the Ground Search group.
- K9 works with trained search dogs to locate missing people or find human remains. Our K9 handlers also participate in ground searches and may also deploy with their canine partners on boats.
- Water Rescue members are trained to respond to incidents involving floods and moving water. Team members include SRTs, boat operators, and boat attendants/shore support.
- EMS members are EMTs or other medically trained personnel who provide care to people we find and help monitor the health and safety of search team members during missions.
All new potential and lateral transfer members must attend orientation in the late summer/fall before starting the New Member Academy, offered once annually from January to April. A member is fully field qualified after completing academy.
Interested? Send us an email asking about our next annual New Member Academy.