ESAR is the acronym for Explorer Search and Rescue, which refers to teams of volunteers from the ranks of U.S. Explorer scouts who are trained and deployed for search and rescue missions. Well-developed ESAR programs emerged in the state of Washington in the late 1950s and were followed by others in California and elsewhere. The rugged, mountainous terrain of these areas often require massive amounts of manpower for proper searches for missing people, not to mention their rescue and evacuation from remote areas. The ESAR mission has also expanded over the years to include urban search and rescue and other disaster-related disciplines. Many ESAR groups also provide wilderness safety training to the public. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... One Brick volunteers help at a soup kitchen. ... This term should not be confused with Explorer Scouts, the UK equivalent of Exploring. ... Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,824 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... It has been suggested that USAR Teams be merged into this article or section. ...

Hundreds of youths and adult advisors regularly participate as trained search specialists or provide other support services related to wilderness search and rescue. Some Law Enforcement Exploring groups also participate in ESAR training and missions. At times, qualified ESAR teams have also assisted in locating evidence of crimes, such as victims of Ted Bundy, in 1974, or Gary Ridgway (The Green River Murderer) in the 1980s, and searching for notorious skyjacker D. B. Cooper in 1971. Generally, however, their skills are applied to finding overdue hikers, hunters, or carrying injured mountaineers to safety when airborne MEDEVAC is not feasible. Law Enforcement Exploring or Police Explorers is a volunteer program designed for young adults interested in law enforcement. ... Theodore Robert Ted Bundy (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was one of the most notorious murderers in U.S. history, a serial killer and rapist who murdered numerous young women across the United States between 1974 and 1978. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah), known as the Green River Killer, is one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... A 1972 FBI composite drawing of D. B. Cooper D. B. Cooper, aka Dan Cooper, is a pseudonym given to a notorious aircraft hijacker who on November 24, 1971, after receiving a ransom payout of $200,000, leapt from the back of a Boeing 727 as it was flying over... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Two hikers in the Mount Hood National Forest Eagle Creek hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Airbus A310 MRT MedEvac of the German Airforce. ...

Training can be rigorous and demanding, and may take years to accomplish. Members are generally proficient in wilderness survival, navigation, and first aid, and take advanced training in wilderness searching techniques including tracking, grid-searching for missing persons, and various types of rescue. There are also specialty areas including Incident Command System, radio communications, commissary and logistics provisioning, and progressive leadership advancement. Wilderness Survival is the recording duo of Nick Grosvenor and Shane Reed. ... Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... First aid is a series of simple, life-saving medical techniques that a non-doctor or layman can be trained to perform. ... Tracking in hunting is the science and art of learning about a place via animal trails and everything else there. ... Missing Persons were an American band who played a blend of New Wave music and electronic pop/rock. ... Rescue refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury. ... A typical Incident Command Post The Incident Command System (ICS) is a management system used within the United States to organize emergency response and was designed to offer a scalable response to incidents of any magnitude. ... In voice telecommunication, provisioning means to provide telecommunications services to a user or customer. ...

Certified teams are generally on-call 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, ready to assist local authorities, in cooperation with other SAR agencies. Many members go on to round out their skills with volunteer ski patrol, mountain rescue, Civil Air Patrol or as other professionals. Ski patroller with toboggan in tow A ski patrol is an organization that provides first aid and rescue services to skiers and participants of other snow sports, either at a ski area or in a backcountry setting. ... Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. ... Civil Air Patrol seal The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). ...

See also

• Mountain rescue
• Wilderness first aid

Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. ... Wilderness first aid is the provision of first aid under conditions where the arrival of emergency responders or the patient evacuation may be delayed due to constraints of terrain, weather, and available persons or equipment. ...

External links

• Washington State ESAR
• King County ESAR
• Pierce County ESAR
• California ESAR