

SCSAR
About SCSAR
Learn more by visiting: www.spartanburgsar.org
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Spartanburg County Search and Rescue (SCSAR) began in 2007 with a simple mission: help those who are lost. We are an all-volunteer team who currently consist of 150+ members of which 90 are certified ground searchers, 7 are K9 handlers (10 K9's with 1 NAPWDA/NNDDA Air Scent/Cadaver, 1 AMPWDA Level 2 Air Scent, 2 NNDDA Cadaver/HRD Land, 1 AMPWDA Level 2 trailing, 1 Certified Air Scent/Cadaver), 8 are licensed drone pilots, several are trained side scan sonar operators, and 20 plus are support members, therefore making us a multifaceted team.. Since our creation, we've been afforded the opportunity to assist with over 100 searches and in the process, create relationships with those in the SAR community.
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The bulk of our SAR responses have occurred in Upstate SC, Western NC, and Central NC. We try not to be a team hindered by geographical boundaries. If there is a need for searchers, we'll do our best to help address that request for service.
Those requesting our services must be official public service agencies (LEO, OEM, etc). Once requested, we can provide one, several, or all facets of support (Ground, K9, Drone, etc) based on the need of the requesting agency. In addition, we'll recommend our partnering agencies to those requesting our services should they need additional manpower.
We currently have mutual aid/response relationships with several agencies/teams. The vision of our program is: To foster Cooperation, Communication, Coordination, and Collaboration within the Search and Rescue Community. We do this by partnering with our SAR family in the NC Search and Rescue Community and by creating the mutual aid/response partnerships referenced above.
We are always willing to expand our mutual response network and welcome any team who has an interest in training/responding together. Most importantly, we welcome teams who are committed to helping find the lost, whether that means helping clear lower probability areas, assist with containment, etc. We are not above any assignment and pride ourselves on humility and servitude. We hope all in the SAR community share that same mentality as we are all just tools in a large SAR toolbox.
Activations
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June 29, 2008 - SAR Activation -Spartanburg, SC
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December 28, 2008 - SAR Activation -Spartanburg, SC
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March 17-18, 2009 - SAR Activation -Spartanburg, SC
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August 21, 2009 - SAR Activation -Spartanburg, SC
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September 16, 2010 - Missing Person - Downtown Spartanburg, SC
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May 4, 2011 - SAR Activation- Inman, SC
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November 6, 2011 - SAR Activation - Chesnee, SC
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December 16-17, 2011 - SAR Activation - Missing Person
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October 21, 2012 – SAR Activation - Missing Person Activation
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October 22, 2012 – SAR Activation - Inman, SC
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June 15-16, 2013 - SAR Activation in Laurens County, SC
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July 27, 2013 - SAR Activation in Cherokee County, SC
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August 5, 2013 - SAR Activation in Bostic, NC
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August 13, 2013– SAR Activation in Henderson County, NC
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August 15, 2013 - SAR Activation in Boiling Springs, SC
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August 26, 2013 – SAR Activation in Mills River, NC
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August 29, 2013 – SAR Activation in Inman, SC
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September 2, 2013 – SAR Activation in Hendersonville, NC
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September 15, 2013 – SAR Activation in Henderson, NC
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September 17, 2013– SAR Activation in Flat Rock, NC
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January 12, 2014 - SAR Activation – Chesnee, SC
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January 31, 2014 - February 1 - SAR Activation - Laurens
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February 7, 2014 - SAR Activation - Southern Spartanburg, SC
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February 8, 2014 - SAR Activation - Laurens, SC
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March 26, 2014 - SAR Activation - Boiling Springs, SC
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April 1, 2014 - SAR Activation – Cowpens, SC
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April 23, 2014 - SAR Activation – Campobello, SC
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May 22, 2014 - SAR Activation – Spartanburg, SC
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June 15, 2014 - SAR Activation – Sartanburg, SC
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August 28, 2014 - SAR Activation – Robbinsville, NC
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October 18, 2014 - SAR Activation - Greenwood, SC
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November 20, 2014 - SAR Activation – Brevard, NC
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April 10, 2015 - SAR Activation – Inman, SC
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May 4, 2015 - SAR Activation - Woodruff, SC
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May 5-6, 2015 - SAR Activation - Spartanburg, SC
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July 5, 2015 - SAR Activation – Marshall, NC
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September 21, 2015 - SAR Activation - Cold Mountain, NC
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February 12, 2016 - SAR Activation - Oconee, SC
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March 1, 2016 - SAR Activation - Cashiers NC
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April 4-6, 2016 - SAR Activation - Mills River NC
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June 4, 2016 - Conestee Activation - Greenville SC
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June 5, 2016 - Chester Activation - Chester, SC
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June 23, 2016 -Linville Activation - Avery NC
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August 6, 2016 -Lake Russell Search - Abbeville, SC
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October 26, 2016 - SAR Activation - Rutherfordton NC
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December 18, 2016 - SAR Activation - Greenville, SC
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January 22, 2017 - SAR Activation - Wellford SC
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January 28, 2017 - SAR Activation - Wellford SC
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February 1. 2017 - SAR Activation - Woodruff SC
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May 18, 2017 - SAR Activation - Moore, SC
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June 2, 2017 - SAR Activation - Robbinsville NC
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June 15, 2017 - SAR Activation - Mills River NC
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July 29, 2017 - SAR Activations - Mills River NC
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May 7, 2018 - SAR Activation - Spartanburg, SC
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June 9, 2018 - SAR Activation - Gastonia, NC
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June 18, 2018 - SAR Activation - Norlina, NC
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July 13, 2018 - SAR Activation - Wellford SC
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August 16, 2018 -SAR Activation, Winston Salem, NC
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August 25, 2018 - SAR Activation - Cherokee SC
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September 11, 2018 - SAR Activation - Lyman, SC
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September 22-23, 2018 - SAR Activation - Gastonia NC
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Septembr 25, 2018 - SAR Activation - Gastonia NC
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September 30, 2018 - SAR Activation - Cherokee NC
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October 1, 2018 - SAR PLANNING - Spartanburg, SC
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October 16-17, 2018 - SAR Activation - Boiling Springs, SC
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October 27, 2018 - SAR Activation - Henderson County, NC
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December 6, 2018 - SAR Inland Water - Blacksburg, SC
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December 6-7, 2018 - SAR Activation - Mocksville, NC
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January 17, 2019 - SAR Activation - Lexington NC
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February 13, 2019 - SAR Activation - Rowan, NC
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March 18, 2019 - SAR Activation - Boone, NC
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March 20-22, 2019 - SAR Activation - Boone NC
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May 4, 2019 - SAR Activation - Greer, SC
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May 26-27, 2019 - Inland Water - Spartanburg SC
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May 31-June 1, 2019 - SAR Activation - Union SC
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June 12, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Gastonia NC
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June 14, 2019 - SAR Activation - Gastonia NC
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June 24, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Union, SC
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July 1, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Union, SC
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July 2, 2019 - SCSAR Drone - Spartanburg, SC
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July 2, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Charlotte NC
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July 5, 2019 - SAR Activation - Henderson, NC
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July 5, 2019 - SCSARK9 - Cherokee County SC
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July 8-9, 2019 - SCSARK9 - Union SC
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July 10, 2019 - SAR Inland Water - Chester, SC
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July 12, 2019 - SCSARK9/Inland Water - Chester, SC
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July 17, 2019 - SCSARK9 - Union, SC
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July 20, 2019 - SCSAR Ground/Drone - Union, SC
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July 24, 2019 - SCSARK9 - Newberry, SC
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July 25, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Cherokee County, SC
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July 28, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Waynesville, NC
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July 29, 2019 - SCSAR K9/Ground - Waynesville, NC
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July 31, 2019 - SCSAR Ground - Waynesville, NC
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July 31, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Union, SC
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August 14-15, 2019 - SCSAR GroundOrange County, NC
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August 16, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Union, SC
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August 19-23, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Union, SC
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September 21, 2019 - SCSAR Inland Water/K9/Drone - Spartanburg, SC
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September 27, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Cherokee County, SC
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September 20, 2019 - SCSAR K9 - Union County, SC
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October 7, 2019 - SCSAR K9/Ground - Stokes County NC
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January 23, 2020 - SCSAR Ground - Henderson County NC
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February 7-9, 2020 - Drone Unit DA - Spartanburg County SC
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February 11, 2020 - SCSAR K9 - Hertford County, NC
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May 2-3, 2020 - SCSAR K9/Ground/Drone - Spartanburg, SC
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May 4, 2020 - SCSAR Inland Water - Jackson, NC
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June 23-24, 2020 - SCSAR Groun/K9/Drone - Lexington NC
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August 1-2, 2020 - SCSAR Ground - Gaffney, SC
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August 29-30, 2020 - SCSAR Drone/K9 - Spartanburg, SC
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August 30, 2020 - SCSAR - Spartanburg, SC
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September 12, 2020 - SCSAR Ground/K9 - Western NC
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September 23, 2020 - SCSARK9 - Columbia SC
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September 29-30, 2020 - SCSAR K9 - Columbia, SC
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October 3, 2020 - SCSAR K9/Support/Ground - Hopkins, SC
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October 18 - 20, 2020 - SCSAR K9/Drone/Support/Ground - Haywood NC
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October 24, 2020 - SCSAR Drone - Spartanburg, SC
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November 8, 2020 - SCSAR K9 - Union SC
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November 8-10, 2010 - SCSAR Inland Water/Support - Spartanburg, SC
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December 13, 2020 - SCSAR Drone/Support/K9/Ground - Spartanburg, SC
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December 29, 2020 - SCSAR K9/Ground/Drone/Suport- Spartanburg, SC
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January 19, 2020 - SCSAR Drone - Boiling Springs, SC
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January 30-31 - SCSAR Ground, Drone and Support - Polk County NC