The seven (7) fundamental principles of man-tracking: Positively identify the tracks you're going to follow. Keep the track ...

Holiday Tech Tips from our friends at Petzl .

As you know, the sun crosses the imaginary North-South line (Meridian) every day when it reaches its highest point (Zenith) above the hor...

The December 2013 issue of the New Zealand Search and Rescue (NZSAR) Link Magazine is now online.

The Handbook of Forensic Services (revised in 2007), edited by Kim Waggoner, and published by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI...

Aiming off is an essential land navigation technique to use when your attack point is not immediately visible. Source: This article was ...

The December 2013 issue of SAR News , published by the Arizona Search and Rescue Council, Inc., is  online .

Good article on how to manage mass casualty incidents (MCIs) more effectively in the Journal of Emergency Medical Services : The Sept. 1...

Source: Glossop Mountain Rescue Team via Peter Zimmer at LandSAR New Zealand

While the final determination of whether a bone is animal or human in origin is best left to the forensic anthropologist or other qua...

God Made a Dog Video Source: MibSAR's own Dave Goodyear

The January 2014 issue of Mountain Pro Magazine is online and its got two articles of potential interest to SAR operators: UK Lowland R...

While not much has been written about it, a volunteer searcher using binoculars to scan Nevada's mountainous terrain is credited with ...

SEATTLE — A U.S. Coast Guardsman died in a Seattle hospital Wednesday of injuries suffered while conducting a rescue operation near Amak ...

Grab a cup of coffee (or two) and check out the 56-minute final video from the 2013 IKAR-CISA (International Commission For Alpine Rescue) ...

The prusik-hitch self belay technique can be used to help protect a rappeller from losing control of a rappel. Source: This article was...

The January-March, 2013 issue of the Civil Air Patrol's (CAP's)  Volunteer Magazine is now online.

EMT RipShears are the world's fastest trauma shears. Just snip and rip! Expose patients' wounds faster so you can "head to to...

Great article entitled "Vietnam's Combat Trackers," by Ken Olsen, in the American Legion Magazine ... Pete Peter...

Amazing video footage of heli rescue of crane operator trapped by raging construction fire in Kingston, Ontario.