Plainfield Search and Rescue Team
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What is Search and Rescue? Search and Rescue deals with persons that are lost or missing and known to be injured and/or in distress. Plainfield EMA Search and Rescue Team Our team consists of all volunteers who have specific training and expertise in Ground Search and Rescue. Our team works hand and hand with the Will County Search and Rescue Team, and even has a mutual aid agreement with them; this is to say that anytime either of us gets a call the other will respond immediately. All of the Plainfield's Search and Rescue Team members start by being certified by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in basic ground search and rescue. They must then pass the 60-hour ground search and rescue technician course offered by the Will County Emergency Management Agency, and continue to train with the Will County Emergency Management Agency's Search and Rescue division to keep their Certification current. Our personnel are trained in navigation, GPS, theory, lost person behavior, and communications. Members of the team can also take specialized training to become crew leaders, field training officers, K-9 handlers, and search managers. |