During team training today, the team stopped at the grave of fallen teammate Jef Dye, who was killed while trying to help a person in need several years ago. Attending were team members who were there with him that day. He is well remembered by the team, the County, and especially his loving family.
This weekend the team set out from the station up to Mutau Flats. We focused on preparation for our upcoming MRA certification test on Search, so teams were given search coordinates and objectives. We also tested our mobile radio repeater, which worked quite well. Combined with our recently acquired Starlink capability, our communication and electronic tracking have been upgraded significantly.…
Intensive Search Training Over the course of a full weekend, including Friday night, a large group of the Fillmore SAR Team attended a special tactical search training course run by Fernando Moreira. Moreira is an expert tracker and teaches all levels of public safety from the Federal Government to local agencies and specializes in training SAR teams in the art…