I Got Rescued! What is Search and Rescue?

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Hey Ryan, you should maybe try a video style similar to @smartereveryday. If someone else was in the litter and you were just standing by, watching, and asking question after question on the tasks, skills, and gear usage the SAR folks are performing, I think you would be able to extract a lot more of the fine details of their work. Also, Smartereveryday needs to come with you some time for a big rigging project, It would be cool to see the perspective from someone who is still really smart but completely out of the loop on extreme sports. Id watch the fuck out of that. WE NEED THE COLAB

I'm that average desk guy again. Guys, really, this video was awesome. NOT enough action. Shout out to the SAR guys thankyou and I hope you all keep safe.

I worked Yosemite SAR, part -time, in the early 1980s. Mostly was lost hikers and occasionaly helped with high angle rescue (I got to carry ropes... woo hoo). We found one guy 40 meters into the woods near the Manure Pile Buttress parking lot. He was completely passed out with his pants down and a couple of empty or near empty Jack Daniels bottles laying about his body. But he had shit himself and the part-timers/volunteers got to roust him and clean up the area. Good times.

Excellent overview of SAR, how they are put together, funded, and how (in most places) it doesn’t cost the person money to be rescued. This is similar (if not the same) as my local SAR team in BC

With very few exceptions, all SAR teams across the country that are NOT located in a national park have a 100% "unpaid professional" volunteer membership. It's the training and attitude that makes a professional, not a paycheck! SAR teams are organized under each county's sheriff's department as required by a federal law and regulated by FEMA. Because teams work side by side with law enforcement, SAR members must go through a rigorous background check to be sworn in. With very few exceptions, those teams are funded solely by a supporting 501c3 and the members of most teams are required to provide their own personal equipment.(Usually that means harnesses, uniforms, packs, etc and other personal use items.) Your time and donations matter, so please, support and/or join your local SAR team!

Outstanding. I'm a member of a nearby technical rescue team, Central Washington Mountain Rescue, and I've had the pleasure of being on rescues with KCESAR folks. Like Joe said, there are a lot of ways to do the job and lots of opinions out there, but this was a great demonstration of rescue technique. Thanks @HowNOT2 and KCESAR!!

Great video, one of the things not touched on in this video that our local SAR team does that I have always appreciated is writing and publishing detailed incident reports, it’s one thing to know that accidents happen but having professionally written documentation I think is one of the best ways to learn about some hazards in your area.

For all climbers, SAR uses higher safety factors, so the systems are more robust. Sometimes a SAR member may go climbing or canyoneering and do an overkill rigging.

Awesome form Monterey County SAR Mountain Rescue Team!

SAR workers are angels.

Much respect for fellow SaR volunteers over the pond

So awesome to see this! I lived in King County for 18 years and just moved to the Zion area a few months ago and joined the SAR team down there and I'm loving it!

Thank you for giving people an idea of what a SAR does and what it takes to run one.

Great video! Props and thanks to all the SAR teams out there🙌🏽

Very cool to see this stuff in as real a situation as practical.

Great job on the video Ryan! I love that you're branching out and exposing your audience to all of these other rope related things!

Good work Joe and Valon! Glad I came cross the link.

Awesome video! Really enjoy that you go out of your way to meet with experts in underappreciated fields and give them their due diligence, this was very fun and informative to watch.

10:14 Money is what I would be worried about too. SUPER relieving to know that it's okay to call for help and it won't financially ruin me. This was a great video entirely!