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Folks, I’ve been working on the December calendar. So far it looks like we can do another SAR training/exercise on Saturday December 9th. I can also book the banquet room for our Christmas Party on the following Saturday December 16. (REMEMBER we are in the planning stages, things can change […]

Directly after the November field training (see below) our canine handlers will travel a few miles south to Bev’s farm and do some canine specific training. Everyone is welcome to come and check out this future training area. The area has great potential for all types of training. I would […]

Team, We are getting things ready for our November field training. We plan to meet at 10:00am Saturday, November 4th at the Momentive Employee Park. (Call or email for directions) Since only a few people were able to attend the October training we are going to go through the same […]

Our monthly search and rescue training will be this Sunday, October 15 starting at 1:00pm at our Paden City storage facility located on West Adam Street.. At the last training we decided to do a rescue training on drownings, a GPS class and then work on our radio communications. We […]

Folks, Some of our canine handlers plan to meet and train at our Paden City facility this Saturday, September 23rd starting around 8:00am. Feel free to join in, Tom Cooper 304-771-3674

SAR Team, Our September SAR training/exercise will be this Sunday Sept 10th at the Momentive Employee Park. The park is located 8 miles north of St Marys and 8 miles south of Sistersville. The gate will be open at 1:00pm. Our plan is to do a simulated search mission utilizing […]

I found out through the news that the missing plane was found in the Jacksonburg area. That’s all I know at this time. Watch the news media for details as they are released. Thanks for standing by, Tom. Cooper

Team, I’ve been in touch with CAP Major Velez in regards to the missing aircraft. He informed me that they are still trying to find evidence to warrant sending in ground searches teams. I will let you know by email if and when our services are needed. Thanks for standing […]

Hey team, Here is what we have going on this week. Tuesday Sept 5 – We will be providing communications for the Tyler Consolidated cross country race. We need to be in the school’s front parking lot by 4:00pm. Please let me know if you can help. Thursday Sept 7 […]

Folks, Below is the link to sign up for the Boater Safety Training. You must register to attend. The training is September 30, 2017 at the Middlebourne Senior Center starting at 9:00am and ending at 5:00PM. There is a limit of 20 students. This is not open to the public. […]

Folks, We are making arrangements to have a canine training this Saturday, Sept 2nd starting at 1:00pm. The training will be in and around the Paden City storage facility. All handlers and canine are welcome. We will also need a few people to help with hiding and laying tracks. PLEASE […]

Let’s get together this Thursday evening, August 31st. at 6:00pm at our office in the Middlebourne Senior Center for the SAR management training. We will simply go over the basic forms that are needed to support a search (or any other emergency response since the forms are the same). Then […]