Napa County Search and Rescue
$1,425 raised from 35 donations
How We Impact the Community
We’re who 9-1-1 calls when you’re lost!
We locate and assist persons who are lost or in need of rescue due to injury; we also aid Napa County Sheriff’s Department during evacuations due to fires or other emergencies. This includes providing search and rescue services and critical back up resources to California Office of Emergency Services (OES). Our team is “mission ready” for our communities and available 24/7 in all areas of Napa County, in all weather conditions, night or day.
We partner with many agencies including CARDA for search dogs, CERT for emergency logistics, and CART for large animal evacuations.
Our non-profit organization funded entirely through grants and local donations. The 45-member, all-volunteer team supplies their own equipment and devotes countless hours of their time in service to their community. Our team is highly dedicated, experienced, and motivated by our desire to help others and we train 16-32 hours monthly to maintain “mission readiness.”
Testimonial
When the SAR Team sees the joy of family members being reunited with their missing loved one, it makes the long and rigorous hours of training and searching all worthwhile. We approach every mission with this as our desired outcome.
What a $10 donation buys
Search Subject rehydration kit used when a subject is found or a calorie dense meal for one of our volunteer search dogs!
What a $50 donation buys
Items as a helmet, climbing harness, 1/2 a length of rescue rope or 1/15 of a sophisticated pulley system.
Other Ways to Help
Volunteer Opportunities:
- Come talk to us when you see our bright orange shirts in Napa’s parks during our weekend training
days. We would love to talk to you about how we train for emergency incidents and how you can stay safe in the outdoors. - Invite us to the next meeting of your organization, to talk about our Mission.
- We add 6-10 individuals annually to our team after in depth training. Attend our annual recruitment
class starting in January and become a member of the team! - Learn more about joining our amazing team of volunteers at www.napasar.org.
Wish List for Donated Items:
- Unfortunately our team equipment is VERY expensive due to the rigid safety requirements that all our equipment needs to meet so donated equipment cannot be utilized. Items such as field stretchers can
run more than $1,000 and are very specialized. What we value most is peoples time and commitment
to join our team or help in other ways such as web support.
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