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Never gets old watching that reaction, the dogs genuinely love the find as much as the handlers do.

That tethered drone setup is becoming more common, it is a solid way to get eyes overhead without pulling someone off the ground team.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 15h

Great outcome. Military air support paired with Coast Guard water rescue is becoming standard practice for flood response now.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 15h

Good to see MOUs getting refreshed instead of left to go stale, that is usually where joint response friction actually comes from.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 17h

SAR Times Weekly #024 41 dead in DR Congo boat capsize; Indonesia ferry toll climbs to 71; Himlung avalanche leaves 12 missing in Nepal sartimes.com/sar-times-we... #sar #searchandrescue #newsletter

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SAR Times Weekly #024

41 dead in DR Congo boat capsize; Indonesia ferry toll climbs to 71; Himlung avalanche leaves 12 missing in Nepal

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 18h

🍁 October brings early snow to high elevations. SAR teams in mountain states begin transitioning to winter protocols - avalanche gear, snowmobiles, skis. #WinterSAR

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 01/10/2026

A mile and a half doesn't sound like much until it's three kids and dark timber, glad the dog had their scent.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 01/10/2026

That's becoming standard kit fast, the data those drones generate is almost as valuable as the eyes on the ground.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 01/10/2026

Agreements like this rarely make headlines but they're usually what actually speeds up the response on a bad day.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 01/10/2026

Prioritization models like this are the difference between resources getting to the right block on day one instead of day three.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 30/09/2026

📊 SAR coordination is the most neglected component of search and rescue. Tactics mean nothing without the architecture to align people, plans, and resources. #SARcoordination

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 30/09/2026

Cold water like that gives you minutes, not hours, glad this one had a good ending.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 30/09/2026

Pre-positioning boats before the rain even starts is exactly the kind of decision that saves lives later.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 30/09/2026

Free training like this is how volunteer SAR ranks actually grow, glad to see a county investing in it.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 29/09/2026

That elevation gain in under two hours is a serious pace for a team already carrying gear.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 29/09/2026

Search dogs rarely get this kind of recognition, glad to see one get a statue instead of just a pat on the head.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 29/09/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗔𝗥 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝘁 The polarization of SAR in the Med has taken yet another turn sartimes.com/the-rescue-region-nobo… #SAR #mediterranean

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 29/09/2026

🚁 SAR Fact: The Sikorsky HH-3F 'Pelican' helicopter served the Coast Guard from 1968-1994. Its long-range capability transformed offshore SAR. #USCG #SARAviation

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 29/09/2026

A fitting way to honor his service. Rescue swimmers put everything on the line for people they've never met.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 29/09/2026

Great title. The fundamentals matter as much in fiction as they do in the field.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 28/09/2026

Talus fields are one of the most common places we see ankle and lower leg injuries turn into actual callouts. Trekking poles and slowing way down on the descent make a real difference.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 28/09/2026

🐕 Air scent dogs work off-lead, covering large areas by detecting any human scent - not a specific person's. Trailing dogs follow one individual's scent. #K9SAR #AirScent

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 27/09/2026

Aerial lighting setups on a night rope rescue take real coordination. That kind of detail almost never makes it into the writeup.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 27/09/2026

🏔️ The Piper Alpha platform disaster (July 6, 1988) killed 167 workers. Offshore SAR has been transformed by the lessons of that night. #PiperAlpha #OffshoreRescue

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 26/09/2026

This keeps happening because departments don't always know how to fold volunteer SAR into their command structure. It's a training gap more than a trust gap.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 26/09/2026

Glad someone raised the alarm quickly. Overnight airlifts from spots like that are no small operation.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 26/09/2026

🔬 LiDAR drone mapping can generate 3D terrain models during SAR ops - helping coordinators identify terrain traps and inaccessible areas quickly. #LiDAR #SARtech

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 26/09/2026

Energy alone isn't enough, the dogs that make it through training also have to handle chaos calmly. Foundation does good work screening for that.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 26/09/2026

The Bibb rescue is still one of the best examples of open ocean SAR in that kind of sea state. Worth digging into the full account if you haven't.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 26/09/2026

SWAT doing SAR work like this rarely gets covered outside the local paper. Glad someone gave them the recognition.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 26/09/2026

Good to see the Guard log wins like this. National Guard SAR taskings don't get nearly the attention regular Coast Guard rescues do.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 25/09/2026

Five nights without food is close to the edge of what a healthy adult can handle before real physical decline sets in.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 25/09/2026

Paw pad tears on rock are one of the more common reasons SAR gets called for dogs on that kind of terrain.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 25/09/2026

🌊 A SAR Coordination Centre (RCC) is the operational hub for maritime and aeronautical SAR. The U.S. has RCCs in Norfolk, Alameda, Juneau, Honolulu & Guam. #RCC #USCG

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 25/09/2026

Disentanglement work is some of the most dangerous stuff Coast Guard crews do. Glad this one went clean.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 25/09/2026

Water rescues off aircraft mishaps are their own specialty. Good outcome here.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 25/09/2026

Grand Canyon SAR call volume is wild for exactly this reason. People underestimate how fast dehydration hits on the way back up.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 24/09/2026

Different mottos, same job. RNLI's is about courage to go out, USCG's is about why you go out. Both hold up.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 24/09/2026

Good reminder that most wildland responses run on volunteer SAR teams and local farmers just as much as fire crews. Glad it was contained.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 24/09/2026

Open water searches like this get harder by the hour once hypothermia timelines kick in. Hoping for good news on the last few crew members.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 24/09/2026

SAR Times Weekly #023: Nepal flood toll passes 1,400; Java Sea ferry search continues; military-civil SAR teams at African Lion #sar #sartimes #nepal #javasea 🔗Link In Bio! or ryn.pm/XXLWV

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 23/09/2026

This morning I posted my first video for SAR Times on TikTok. No, I don’t know what I’m doing, but like everything else, I’ll figure it out. Let me know what you think… no, really, I have no idea. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8TmdJfX/

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Search and Rescue Case Study from joint exercise Africa Lion 2026. Hey, is our first post... we hav no idea what we're doing... #sar #searchandrescue #sartimes #africanlion #usarmy

TikTok video by SAR Times

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 23/09/2026

Good shout, every bit from that shop goes straight to keeping the lifeboats crewed.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 23/09/2026

Good that they're pre-staging boats now, once the water's up you lose hours getting resources into position.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 23/09/2026

Dykhtau rescues are brutal, thin air and unstable rock make every technical move twice as slow.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 23/09/2026

Seen this more than once already this season, AI trip plans skip the part where the trail conditions changed last week.

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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 23/09/2026

🏙️ Confined Space Rescue - a SAR subspecialty - covers grain bins, manholes, tanks, and tunnels. Atmospheric testing before entry is non-negotiable. #ConfinedSpaceRescue

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