Tom Cooper

Please let me know right away if you plan to take the SARTECH II Exam on October 27th. There are folks from other teams wanting to take the test and we want to be sure to have room for you! If you are interested in reviews before the test, please let me […]

Several team members were unable to attend Sunday’s training for different reasons. Since the SAR TECH II test is coming up at the end of October, we left the training course set up at Momentive. Instructors will be available this Tuesday evening, September 24th at 4:30pm at the Momentive Family […]

We are setting up a search and rescue training for this Sunday, September 22nd at the Momentive Family Park. The training will start at 1pm. We plan to go over land navigation, route and area searching, knots and man tracking. There will also be a pack check. This is in preparation […]

September 2nd Labor Day Parade in Paden City – Noon All CERT/SAR members are welcome to participate in the parade. This includes equestrian and canine members! 3rd Tyler County School Cross Country Run – 3:30pm We have been asked to provide emergency communications for the school’s cross country race. Much […]

The 2013 WV Search and Rescue yearly event will be a weekend training session. It will be held at Camp Virgil Tate in the Charleston area. The dates and times are listed on the schedule below. Friday September 6 CLASS INSTRUCTOR LOCATION 3:00 – 7:00 pm Registration Dining Hall Porch […]

In the past many of you have participated in the Pipeline Safety Dinner/Trainings offered by the pipeline companies. This year the free sessions are being offered to first responders at 5:30pm on 9/12/2013 in the Parkersburg area and at 5:30pm on 9/18/2013 in the Clarksburg area. Please let me know […]

Our August OEM/CERT/SAR meeting will be at our office this Thursday, August 8 at 7pm. We will be doing a training starting at 6pm before the meeting. The dealer is coming to show us how to setup our new Zumro inflatable command center / shelter. Ive seen this done and […]

Team, Recently we’ve added our 10th client to Project Lifesaver (PL). Monday night the newest client turned up missing! We quickly had 10 responders in route. He returned home just as the first team member arrived. Don, Dave and I believe we need to do a refresher course for our […]

Team, our next search and rescue training event will be Sunday, June 30th at the Lantz Farm near Jacksonburg WV. We will start the training at 1pm. Wheeling Jesuit University is allowing us the use this beautiful 500 acre farm for our training. It adjoins the Lewis Wetzel Public Hunting […]

The Tyler County OEM/CERT/SAR volunteer meeting is this Thursday, June 6th at 7pm at our office in Middlebourne. We will be discussing current grants, parades, and trainings. I really need input from the SAR team, especially the canine and equine handlers. We have several new ideas to go over that […]

Folks, There will be a radio operations training this Monday, June 3rd at the Middlebourne Fire Station. The class will start at 7pm. Don Williams will be the instructor. The training will focus on proper radio techniques for first responders using public service frequencies. If you think you could find […]

Finally! Everything is falling into place for this Saturday’s (June 1st) Mock Search and Rescue. We just found out this afternoon that we can use theMomentiveEmployeePark. I’ll explain the holdup Saturday.  As you know, the National Weather Service (NWS) has asked to participate. They have developed extensive plans to assist […]