SRRR/MN Vision

SRRR/MN is a non-profit confederation of autonomous groups and individuals who are dedicated to providing quality search, rescue, and recovery services to assist and support public, private, and/or governmental agencies. The purposes of this organization are to promote and develop search, rescue, and recovery capabilities and resources in the State of Minnesota with the underlying principle of saving lives and reducing suffering.

A wide variety of established organizations exist to provide search and rescue and recovery services. The purpose of SRRR/MN is to provide a means for those organizations to collaborate on training, emergency preparation, planning, and communications with units of government.

SRRR/MN is itself not an operational source of emergency field-resources. It is, however, an information source. A key pupose of SRRR/MN is to provide resource information to emergency managers and law enforcement leaders. To that end, SRRR/MN will be developing an online resource directory which will be a future component of this web site.

SRRR/MN Members

Members represent a wide range of skills, disciplines, and specialties. Examples include air-search, rural ground search and rescue, SAR dog teams (rural SAR, and urban disaster SAR), technical rescue (swift-water, steep terrain, etc.), and horse-mounted SAR.

Each member-organization also has its own distinct set of operating rules and standards. Where appropriate, and within specific disciplines, SRRR/MN member-organizations may decide to collaborate on the creation of training and operational standards for use within those disciplines.

Member organizations include governmental and private entites, volunteer and for-hier personnel, and a variety of geographic operating areas. Some groups provide state-wide services, while others have local jurisdiction.