LESAR SAREX 2010

Little Egypt Search and Rescue SAREX 2010 conference: May 21-23, 2010, Little Grassy Lake, Illinois.

Thanks for a great conference!
Photos by Steve Wallace, Emily Chester, and Danyele Cottrell. APRS image by Cliff Weaver.

Argus logos

Team Photos

FUNSAR Mock Search

NASAR FUNSAR Mock Search - Hoosier National Forest

Ground SAR Operations Mock Search

Get Lost: Tucker finds Ryan

The dogs do SAR because it's fun. The fun comes from the tireless efforts of their handlers and the all-to-rarely-credited Subject. The Subject's job is to motivate the dog by making the search a game ending in a thrilling dog-always-wins tug-of-war with their favorite toy. It's about 90F and humid. Ryan is sitting, hiding, while his scent soaks the vicinity. After a few minutes of soak, Ryan radios Tucker's handler to let him know that Tucker's "problem" is ready. Turker's task is to find Ryan, then return to alert his handler that the subject is found. After the alert, in Tucker's case this means body-banging his handler, Tucker is instructed to "re-find" the subject. It's at the re-find that Tucker finally gets his toy.