Training

Basic SAR Skills Training - ERI

April 24th - 26th
The basic ERI “SAR Skills for Emergency Responders” is a 3-day (approximately 8 hours per day) course. Our approach to this training provides participants with basic orientation to subject matter followed by direct application of skills and knowledge in a practical setting. The course also provides a comprehensive overview of national, state and local SAR response systems, strategies and tactics used by local and state governments as well as other land management jurisdictions. The training course and its accompanying student textbook conform to a Basic SAR training "content standard" advocated across the country. The training provides field skills and an academic foundation for emergency response in general SAR. The skills and knowledge apply in both disaster environments as well as single missing person incidents, which operate within the National Incident Management System and Incident Command Structure (NIMS ICS). The emphasis lays a foundation of skills and Basic SAR Skills Training - ERI knowledge on how to plan for, organize and respond to any Search and Rescue related effort and do the job in the field regardless of the assignment. Participants in this training will quickly blend into any team effort as a valuable resource that is efficient and productive. Academic and practical field skill split is roughly 55% academic/45% practical throughout the course.

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Print the application and bring it by a SAR meeting Thursdays at 7:00pm.  Meet some of the team members and see our facilities and equipment. 

You will need to pay a $10.00 application fee.  This fee is used to cover the background investigation conducted by Lake County Sheriff’s Office. 

Once your application and fee are submitted you may start attending regular meetings and trainings; however only team members are permitted on mission call outs. 
Once your background investigation is cleared; you will be invited to a formal interview with the SAR board of directors. 

Completion of the background and interview is only the beginning for new SAR members.  The more you participate in meetings and trainings, the more you will learn the greater benefit you will be to the team, Lake County, and the State of Montana. 

Bring your unique skills or let SAR train you for general membership and one or more of our specialty teams.