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Maryland Search and Rescue is a professional Search and Rescue program in association with the Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference, Inc., (ASRC) based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The ASRC represents trained searchers in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio and West Virginia, which provide all-weather, wilderness lost-person and downed-aircraft search and rescue services in the mid-Atlantic region when requests for assistance are made by local, state or federal authorities.

Maryland Search and Rescue sponsors youth members through Boy Scout Venture Crew 616.

If you have a search emergency, contact 911!  If they deem it necessary they will then call SAR resources.
Any incident in which MSAR participates is under the command of a "responsible agent", generally a state, county or local law enforcement agency.
If SAR resources are needed the responsible authority contacts MSAR through groups such as the ASRC. 

Once on scene, members of MSAR coordinate with law enforcement, EMS, and local volunteers to carry out the search effort. On search tasks teams of 4-6 searchers comb through wilderness areas in search of subjects and evidence. Once located, subjects may require medical assistance and/or evacuation depending on the type of incident that has occurred. MSAR is prepared for both manual "carryouts" as well as assisting with aerial helicopter-based rescues.
 

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If you are interested in joining or if you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact us.
If you contact us via E-mail you will be in touch with Carl, an MSAR member.

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          Maryland Search and Rescue
P.O. Box 562 Columbia, MD 21045-0562

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