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About Kittitas County Search and Rescue
Who We Are
KCSR is an all volunteer, non-profit organization, formed in 1991 at the request of the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office.
Our Mission
KCSR’s mission is to provide personnel for Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office to conduct search, rescue, recovery, and evacuation operations, primarily within Kittitas County. KCSR does not act in any capacity except at the direction of the Sheriff’s Office.
What We Do
The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office
calls on KCSR for various types of missions, including:
- Lost or missing persons
- Injured hikers or climbers
- Lost or injured snowmobilers
- Avalanche search and recovery
- Airplane crashes
- Evidence searches
- Forest fire road closures
- Floods/evacuations
Our Officers
Our Teams
KCSR is organized into different teams, each specializing in components of a SAR operation:
- Basic Ground Team
- Backcountry & Rope Team
- Winter Backcountry Team
- Dog (K9) Team
- Horse Team
- Snowmobile Team
- ORV/ATV Team
- Communication & Mission Support Team
- UAS Team
- Youth Search and Rescue Team