GATC SAR

07/28/2019

Kudos to Eddie Foust and Hal Collier for running a communications training session for the team. Really interesting signal propagation exercise / fox hunt.

06/02/2019

Presentation we did at Vogel State Park for National Trails Day - “The 10 Essentials”

04/12/2019

Weather Pre-Alert for Sunday. Things are starting to shape up for a day of severe weather on Sunday for North Georgia. Below are the NWS Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Sunday as of early this morning. Also I've included the forecasted Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) plot for Sunday at 5pm. The actual STP value for the Atlanta Metro area is around 5. Values greater than 1 are indicative of increased potential of significant tornadoes. The scale goes from 1-10. This is still 2 days out, so things can still change, but trends are not in our favor at the moment.

04/08/2019

Read and commit to your mental checklist......

GCSO -SEARCH and rescue Team reminds all...
The reason you should do a walk around - so scary how well he is hidden!

03/22/2019

(Where would you go?)

weather.gov/wrn/safeplaceselfie Knowing your “safe place” is the most essential preparedness activity to save your life from extreme weather. Wednesday, Apri...

01/27/2019

Would love to see the after action report on this search.

More than a dozen agencies from around Eastern North Carolina provided resources to help aid in the search for three-year old Casey Hathaway over the course of four days.

01/26/2019

Let me paint a picture for you. Imagine yourself lost or injured out in the woods, and no one knows where you are and you have no cell coverage. Imagine yourself lying on the ground, praying that someone finds you in time. While your thinking this, you hear a little bell in the distance, quickly followed with leaves crunching as something quickly approaches your location. Your pretty sure it’s not a person, but some animal (but the bell sound confuses you). All of a sudden you see a dog run right up to you, look you in the face and quickly dart back the way it came. While your trying to process this the dog returns, does the same thing and leaves again. However this time you hear the dog bark in the distance. Finally a third time the dog returns and just stands next to you, staring off in the direction it came from. You then notice the harness on the dog that says “Search & Rescue”. You overjoyed with being found. A few minutes later, humans crest the hill and once the dog knows its handler sees you, darts back for praise and their toy. Today the GATC SAR team had the pleasure to attend a training event of the ATSAR K-9 SAR team. I was that simulated victim, and my rescuer was “Riley”. The photos taken were from me as I was lying prone on the ground. An amazing day with dedicated folks. Thanks for the experience.

10/28/2017

10/11/2017

Six rescue squad members ventured into the woods at Pico Mountain on a warm September afternoon to practice searching for a lost person. The scenario:...

08/17/2017

Chief Dyer speaks about the Eclipse and the Appalachian Trail.

http://news.wabe.org/post/northeast-georgia-town-prepares-eclipse-mania

Millions of people are expected to travel to see the total solar eclipse later this month. The moon will block the sun, casting a shadow that will travel