Tom Cooper

Folks, we are on standby for the following search. “A search is currently being conducted in Roane Co near Walton, WV for an 82 year old man who went missing yesterday while looking for yellow root. He routinely frequents the area for this activity. His car was found in usual […]

The 4-H kids have asked us to do some more SAR training this year at their 4-H Camp. We need some folks to teach 3 separate one hour classes on search and rescue June 12, 13and 15. The classes will run from 1:30 to 2:30. They will be held at […]

Our SAR training will be this Sunday, June 3rd starting at 1PM. We will be training at the Momentive Employee Park. We plan to work with patient packaging and moving a patient up a steep incline requiring the use of rescue ropes and pulley systems. We will also work with […]

The monthly OEM/CERT/SAR meeting will be Thursday, May 31st, at the OEM office. We’ll get started at 7PM. This meeting is usually the first Thursday, but due to a schedule conflict it had to be changed. We will be reviewing the State SAR exercise. tjc

Monday …Morning Report…. Thanks to all who participated in the “Operation 2012 Apocalypse” this weekend….from the comments looks like most had an enjoyable time and got the opportunity to learn and/or see some new thing. We had some glitches and some real world events during the event but all in […]

From Clarksburg Go South on I-79 to Route 20 (second exit south of US Rt 50 at Clarksburg) At the bottom of the ramp go left on Route 20. About 5-7 miles out Rt 20, stay to your left onto Route 57 (Route 20 will turn right – do not […]

The LEPC meeting will be at the Sistersville VFD Thursday, May 3 starting at 9am. After the LEPC meeting the crash demonstration will start at noon at the Tyler High/Middle School. Moulage folks and victims need to meet at the fire truck in the parking lot no later then 11am. […]

I have more details on the State SAR Exercise; Registration starts Friday May 11 Friday classes all start at 5pm including Night Ops, SAR Communications, and Canine Life Support (all 3 at the same time). After these there will be a class about SAR Booby Traps. The search will start […]

May 5th is the Youth Fishing Day at Conway Lake. Each year we are requested to participate. This year we have been asked to set up communication links between the different fishing spots and the ranger station in case there are any emergencies. We have done this for several years. […]

Chief Leasure has asked us for some help. The Fire Association is planning an accident simulation to remind the students to stay sober prom night. The event will take place at noon on Thursday, May the 3rd. It will be staged at the Tyler Consolidated High/Middle School parking lot. Chief […]

We had a good turn out at Saturday’s SAR training even though the weather was wet and cold. We had 39 participants from at least 10 counties! Everyone trained hard ignoring the bad weather conditions. I want to thank everyone who participated. And a special thanks to those who helped […]

We have everything ready for the Saturday April 21 SAR training. The compass courses, route search area and GPS course are all laid out. Directions ae list in the blog below. The GPS coordinates are 17S 049 1664 / 436 9615. We are expecting some rain, so bring your rain […]