Wilderness Search & Rescue Wilderness/Land Search and Rescue teams provide support to local emergency management or emergency services agencies by assisting in the location of missing persons, lost/overdue hikers, persons with cognitive impairments who have wandered from caretakers, or any individual that is reported as a lost or injured and whereabouts are unknown. Wilderness/ Land SAR Teams provide this assistance through these resources: Search Team Members Trained Wilderness SAR Members Search Management Human Trackers K9 Teams (Tracking/Training, Air Scent, Cadaver, Water Search, and Disaster Search) Tracking/Trailing – Trails by either the scent of crushed vegetation of the lost persons Footsteps or smelling the cells that have fallen from the individual Air Scent – Smells human airborne cells Cadaver – Human remains detection dog Water Search – Human remains detection over water by smelling bodily gasses that come up from the water Disaster Search – Detect humans in disaster arears or structural collapse To receive technical assistance or request Wilderness/Land SAR resources call the NCEM Emergency Operations Center at 919-733-3300.
Wilderness Search & Rescue Wilderness/Land Search and Rescue teams provide support to local emergency management or emergency services agencies by assisting in the location of missing persons, lost/overdue hikers, persons with cognitive impairments who have wandered from caretakers, or any individual that is reported as a lost or injured and whereabouts are unknown. Wilderness/ Land SAR Teams provide this assistance through these resources: Search Team Members Trained Wilderness SAR Members Search Management Human Trackers K9 Teams (Tracking/Training, Air Scent, Cadaver, Water Search, and Disaster Search) Tracking/Trailing – Trails by either the scent of crushed vegetation of the lost persons Footsteps or smelling the cells that have fallen from the individual Air Scent – Smells human airborne cells Cadaver – Human remains detection dog Water Search – Human remains detection over water by smelling bodily gasses that come up from the water Disaster Search – Detect humans in disaster arears or structural collapse To receive technical assistance or request Wilderness/Land SAR resources call the NCEM Emergency Operations Center at 919-733-3300.
