Boone County Water Rescue Association is a volunteer organization dedicated to water and boating safety education, training for water-based search and recovery operations, and support for hazardous material containment around bodies of water. The team assists with locating and recovering drowning victims, rescuing individuals trapped in vehicles, downed aircraft, and watercraft, and provides training to other organizations in related disciplines. Serving Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties in Kentucky, as well as the Cincinnati area, the team is made up of 48 active members.

Columbia Valley Search and Rescue (CVSAR) provides trained ground search and rescue services, emergency disaster response, public safety, and community education across a 10,000 square km area in the East Kootenays of British Columbia. Their operational coverage spans from Canal Flats in the south to Bugaboo Provincial Park in the north, extending east to the Alberta border and west to the Purcell Mountain Range. The team consists of 36 active members and 9 non-operational members who support various roles within the organization.

Deschutes County Search and Rescue provides professional, high-quality rescue services to residents and visitors throughout Central Oregon and beyond. With 118 active members, the unit supports local and regional missions, including mutual aid to neighboring counties. Deschutes County SAR is the only unit east of the Cascades offering a full range of specialized teams, including Mountain Rescue, Swiftwater, Ski, Snowmobile/ATV, Medical, Dive, Air Operations, and more.

The Linville-Central Rescue Squad is a volunteer-based, state-certified emergency response organization serving Avery County, North Carolina, and providing mutual aid throughout the southeastern U.S. With 98 active members—58 of whom serve on the Mountain Rescue/SAR team—the squad delivers professional, compassionate aid in medical and traumatic emergencies at no cost to those in need. In addition to emergency response, the squad is committed to public safety through education, prevention, and collaboration with local and regional emergency services.

The El Dorado Search and Rescue (EDSAR) Tahoe Team is a dedicated group of 40 professionally trained volunteer responders operating under the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and supported by the nonprofit El Dorado Search and Rescue Council (ESARC). Serving over 450,000 acres of alpine and backcountry terrain in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin, the Tahoe Team is one of the busiest backcountry rescue units in the nation. Available 24/7, they respond to emergencies involving hikers, skiers, off-roaders, and campers, as well as natural disasters like storms, floods, and wildfires. EDSAR’s mission is simple: to save lives and reduce human suffering—“So Others May Live.”$10,000 Award Use: The Tahoe Team will use their grant to fund ongoing avalanche education, allowing them to train 18 members annually in Avalanche Level 1 and Companion Rescue courses. This ensures the team remains ready for winter rescues and avalanche terrain navigation.

Golden and District Search and Rescue (GADSAR) is a volunteer-based organization supporting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other authorities in locating and evacuating lost or injured individuals. With 45 active members, the team is committed to maintaining a high level of training and equipment to ensure safe and effective operations. Their primary response area spans approximately 1,200 square kilometers—from Yoho National Park in the east to Glacier National Park in the west, north to Kinbasket Lake, and south to Spillimacheen—but they also provide mutual aid beyond this region when requested.

Pennington County Search and Rescue is a non-profit, all-volunteer search and rescue team made up of 24 active members dedicated to saving lives across more than 3,000 square miles of western South Dakota. Their coverage area includes Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, Badlands National Park, and thousands of rock climbing routes. Available 24/7, 365 days a year, the team provides emergency assistance at no cost to residents, visitors, and surrounding communities. They also offer extensive mutual aid support to neighboring counties and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Baker County Sheriff Search & Rescue is a team of Baker County volunteers all coming together for one goal- "Always Ready To Respond!" Baker County Sheriff Search and Rescue is made up of trained volunteers who donate their time and personal equipment, on missions and training. We also provide mutual aid to neighboring counties and unified searches when working near county lines.

FBCSAR supports the volunteers of Black Canyon Search and Rescue with funding for equipment, training, and supplies to provide safety, rescue, and education to visitors of the Park. Our rescue team comprises a diverse group of dedicated individuals, each bringing unique skills and backgrounds. Our team includes retired teachers, roofers, window washers, nurses, contractors, ski patrollers, fishing and climbing guides, architects, flooring contractors, professional climbers, former national park rangers, firefighters, college students, rope rescue trainers, and experienced climbers familiar with the challenges of the Black Canyon.

The Calaveras County Search and Rescue (CCSAR) Team was unofficially formed by groups of volunteers throughout the county in the 1970s. Beginning in the 1980s the team was incorporated into the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office. Since then CCSAR has provided aid to persons injured or lost in the Calaveras County wilderness as well as mutual aid to the other 57 counties in California under the direction of the California Office of Emergency Services (OES).

Powell County Search & Rescue is a 501c3 non-profit organization working in the Red River Gorge Geological Area of the Daniel Boone National Forest. The volunteers of Search & Rescue spend hundreds of hours each year donating their time and talents to rescuing folks from cliffs and rugged terrain. Each rescue is unique and each person we rescue has a story to tell. We invite you to join with us in our mission of saving lives! You can become a valuable part of this effort by helping us accomplish what we are finding to be more and more difficult: funding these rescue missions from our own pockets.

San Gorgonio Search and Rescue Team is one of nineteen rescue teams affiliated with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Founded in 1958, San Gorgonio SAR is an unpaid, professional, non-profit rescue organization serving the San Gorgonio Wilderness and surrounding communities. We respond to lost or injured hikers and critical lost or missing children and seniors. We also provide technical rescue on our mountains and roadways and in the back country. During times of natural disasters such as wildfires, our 100% volunteer-based team is a ready resource for the community.  

We are you; members of the Spokane area community. At some point, each one of our SAR volunteers had a catalyst in their lives to join our team, start saving lives and provide closure to loved ones. We call it our "why". It gets us out of bed at 1 in the morning on a windy rain and snow mixed night, and it keeps us going on day 6 over torturous terrain. 

Chelan County Mountain Rescue is a nonprofit volunteer organization of experienced climbers dedicated to saving lives through search, rescue, emergency medical care and mountain safety education in Chelan County Washington and surrounding areas. 

We are a dedicated group of volunteers called upon to provide search and rescue services to all reaches of Inyo County, CA. As an independent non-profit 501c3 organization, we partner with the Inyo County Sheriff's Office to better provide services. In emergency situations we assist members of the public in distress in areas inaccessible by paved roads. We also assist Search and Rescue teams in other counties of California when additional rescuers are needed for large scale or complex missions.

Portland Mountain Rescue exists to save lives. We search for and, hopefully, rescue people in trouble either above the timberline or in high angle areas below the timberline. We also educate children, mountaineers, climbers, hikers and backcountry enthusiasts in safe activities so they will be able to avoid the dangers that result in the need for rescue.

Larimer County Search and Rescue (LCSAR) is an independent, non-profit corporation and is also the search and rescue (SAR) resource for Larimer County, Colorado. Our mission is to find the lost, rescue the stranded and injured, recover the deceased, and educate the public on wilderness and mountain safety.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Search and Rescue Section is an organization of commissioned police officers and volunteer professionals dedicated to saving lives. LVMPDSAR serves the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding Clark County in helicopter and mountain rescue, tactical medicine, and dive search and recovery capabilities. It is our duty to provide the highest level of skill and best possible care to those who call upon us for help.

We are a volunteer organization dedicated to providing backcountry search and rescue services, as well as public education on backcountry safety in Ouray County, Colorado.  We work under the statutory authority of the Ouray County Sheriff's Office.

Based in the Truckee-North Lake Tahoe area, Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue (TNSAR) is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization that works closely with local sheriff’s departments and other agencies to conduct emergency search and rescue operations each year to those lost or hurt in the wilderness of the rugged Sierra Nevada range. Our organization’s mission remains the same as it did on day one: conduct fast and safe rescues and educate the public on winter safety.

Lake County Search and Rescue is entirely composed of volunteers from Leadville, Colorado. We are passionate skiers, snowboarders, hikers, rafters, runners, bikers, guides, and explorers. We are also paramedics, EMTs, mechanics, police officers, librarians, writers, engineers, and utility providers. Our love for the outdoors extends to helping other backcountry adventurers.

The Organ Mountain Technical Rescue Squad is an all volunteer search and rescue team based in Las Cruces, NM. Team members specialize in technical rope rescue, mountaineering, cave rescue, and ground search.

We are volunteer climbers in Potrero Chico. Our goal is to have a trained group of volunteers with equipment ready to respond to climbing accidents. We are a non profit.

SCRG is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization incorporated under section 501(c)3 of the IRS code.  We operate under the statutory authority of the Summit County Sheriff's Office, and our mission is to fulfill the Sheriff's responsibility to provide backcountry search and rescue services to the county.

Alpine Rescue Team has responded to wilderness emergencies since 1959, providing mountain search and rescue – day or night, 24/7. Always free to any individual or agency in need of our expertise and assistance.

We are volunteer climbers in Potrero Chico. Our goal is to have a trained group of volunteers with equipment ready to respond to climbing accidents. We are a non profit.