Search & Rescue Team Members on Twitter: Follow These Good Folks
Search & Rescue In 140 Characters Or Less
Are you involved with SAR yourself? Or just interested in following people who are?
I'm putting together a list of Search & Rescue professionals -- volunteer and paid; individuals, teams and organizations -- on Twitter, along with their latest tweets.
So if you're with a Search & Rescue team or represent a SAR organization on Twitter but aren't already on my list, please add your Twitter name in the guestbook below, along with anything you'd like in your bio, so I can feature you here.
Current Count: 31 SAR Tweeters and 1 Twibe
Meet Ramkitten
Deb Lauman from Flagstaff, Arizona
That's me! I'm a member of the Coconino County, Arizona, Sheriff's Search & Rescue team. I'm also an avid hiker and writer.
Visit my blog at DebsSARStories.blogspot.com
Meet Team140
Brian Smith from Horn Lake, Mississippi
Brian is an IT Professional and Search and Rescue volunteer in Desoto County.
Visit his blog at Team140.com.
Meet Smokin1Stgen
Ben Crafton from Hernando, Mississippi
Ben is a Mack Master Technician, and Desoto County Search and Rescue volunteer.
Meet RobinB
Robin Blanford from Dublic, Ireland
Robin is a Digital Media Engineer & Cliff Rescue Climber, helping rescue teams make better decisions.
Visit Robin's website at ByteSurgery.com.
Meet FreedomUS
Candice Hesson from Mesa, Arizona
Candice is a very experienced member of the Superstition Search & Rescue team and an SAR instructor too. She even rappels out of helicopters! Candice says she loves arid lands and is an "ardent conservative."
Meet Telaviper
Jim from Prescott Valley, Arizona
Jim is "just livin' and workin'," but he's also a member of the Yavapai County Search & Rescue team.
Meet USCG
The United States Coast Guard based in Washington, D.C.
This is the "unofficial" Twitter account for the United States Coast Guard./>
Visit their website at USCG.mil.
Meet Bobo15
Dustin Shetler from Clarkdale, Mississippi
Dustin runs Shetler Excavating. He's also a volunteer firefighter and SAR member.
Meet JoelBarrett
Joel Barrett from Atlanta, Georgia
Joel is a "wireless networking geek, a SAR guy, a Porsche driver and instructor." He's also a self-proclaimed "wearer of pants."
Meet PuzzleCharleson
Puzzle, the search dog, and his human handler, Susannah, from Texas
Puzzle is a Search & Rescue K-9 who tweets (with a little help from his handler).
Visit Susannah's website at SusannahCharleson.com.
Meet JShirron
Jason Shirron from Washington State
Jason is an EMT, a Ham radio operator, and an obsessive reader. He assists with Search & Rescue missions and communications.
Meet AMVER
Located in New York City
Amver (the Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System) is a global search and rescue system sponsored by the USCG. They use commercial ships to rescue people in distress at sea.
Visit their blog at AmverUSCG.blogspot.com.
Meet K9_SAR
Berkshire SAR Dogs from Berkshire, UK
A team of volunteer Search & Rescue dogs and their handlers
Visit their website at K9-SAR.com.
Meet ExmoorSRT
Exmoore Search & Rescue Somerset and North Devon, UK
This team provides Search and Rescue services across Somerset and North Devon, assisting the Police in locating lost or missing persons.
Visit their website at Exmoor-SRT.org.uk.
Meet IanSplashTurner
Ian Turner from the UK
Ian is a Tunnelling Engineer, a Rescue Engineer, aCocoa Engineer and likes cooking too.
Meet Txtpediter
Shane from the California/Nevada border
Shane is a dog- and cat-lover, a mountaineer, SAR volunteer, and developer. He runs a notification service "for search and rescue units, public safety teams, large facilities, schools and universities, medical staff and everyone else that needs to get sensitive information to critical people FAST… wherever they are."
Visit Shane's website at Txtpedited.com.
Meet TeamCAP
U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol / Search & Rescue
"TeamCAP is the first Unofficial Online Civil Air Patrol Gaming Network with clans, gamers, pro teams, tournaments and lots more."
Visit their website at GoCivilAirPatrol.com.
From their website: "Membership in the Civil Air Patrol is not required to join, participate or connect on TeamCAP. We are not supported, nor endorsed by National Civil Air Patrol Headquarters .... Not only will Gamers be able to play soldier online, but they will have the opportunity to Join the real Civil Air Patrol and participate in actual Search & Rescue missions, Aviation/Flight activities, Mission Support, National Schools, Encampments & much more."
Meet Zl2ucx
Steve David from Christchurch, New Zealand
Steve is involved with Ground/Wildnerness SAR doing communications and IT work, and is a response team member of USAR. His Twitter bio also includes amateur radio, emergency management, Red Cross, the NZ Computer Society, and Scouting. "Zl2ucx" is Steve's amateur radio call sign.
Visit his website at www.zl2ucx.gen.nz.
Meet WPick
Walter Pickett from Tucson, Arizona
Walter is a long-time Search & Rescue volunteer with SARA : Southern Arizona Rescue Association.
Meet OregonK91
Meet OregonOutdoor
Brian Thomas from Tilamook, Oregon
Brian is a Search and Rescue volunteer who owns the website OregonCoastOutdoor.com,selling outdoor and sports gear.
Meet SARAID UK
S.A.R.A.I.D. is an International Search and Rescue team based in the UK. Visit their website at SARAID.co.UK.
Meet SAR_Nut
A SAR Tech who loves sharing tips about outdoor survival, Search and Rescue, and preventing people from becoming lost or missing.
Meet RattlerJen
From northern Virginia
Charming snakes as her day job. The rest of her free time is spent attempting to train a Search and Rescue dog. Read all about it The Hound & The Found.
Meet BPMRT
Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue from the UK
Bowland Pennine MRT provides a volunteer search and rescue service in wild and remote places in most of Lancashire, and beyond when assisting other teams.
See the team's website at BowlandPennineMRT.org.uk/.
Meet CallOutSARTV
From Canada
Call Out Search and Rescue is a documentary TV series featuring SAR volunteers "who take time out of their busy lives to help save lives." You can also read SAR blogs by individual Search & Rescue members.
Visit the Call Out Search and Rescue website.
Meet SARDA Wales
The Search And Rescue Dog Association of Wales looks for "people missing in mountain and open areas with the help of MR teams, Coastguard and the Police."
Meet BryanEnberg
From Sparta, New Jersey
Bryan Twitter bio: "By day, student of social media and emergency management. By night (and weekends on request) Mountain Rescue Technician, and Marketing Chair for the MRA." (MRA stands for Mountain Rescue Association, which is an organization of teams "dedicated to saving lives through rescue and mountain safety education.")
Meet CraigatFEMA
Craig Fugate
Craig is the the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. FEMA works "to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards."
Meet SARBlog
From Colombus, Ohio
A blog about Search and Rescue, Volunteer Management, Navigation, Wilderness Survival and more.
Meet RACE_SAR
RACE Search and Rescue from Colombus, Ohio
R.A.C.E. Search and Rescue - Disaster Response is a non-profit, all volunteer search and rescue team in Central Ohio.
Meet Oplopanax
From Squamish, British Columbia
Search and Rescue member and software developer
Not A Search & Rescue Volunteer ... Yet?
If you're interested in knowing more about Search and Rescue and how you can get involved, visit this page to find out more:
Becoming a Search and Rescue Volunteer
Are you intrigued by stories about wilderness rescues and searches for missing hikers or mountain climbers? If so, perhaps becoming a Search and Rescue volunteer might be for you.
Are You Involved With Search & Rescue? And on Twitter too?
If you are but aren't included here, please let me know in the comments section below. Make sure to include your Twitter name so I can find you.
Any other comments or questions are also welcome.
© 2009 Deb Kingsbury
