Welcome to the BESAR Blog site

The Box Elder County Sheriffs Search and Rescue is an all volunteer, non-profit oganization that operates under the direction of our Sheriff.
Founded as a Jeep patrol, we have since grown and changed with the times to include OHV, ATV, UTV, and snowmobile operators who are all training in first aid, and wilderness rescue techniques including some high angle rope rescue.
We work with and are thankful for our partner teams , the BESCUBA, Lifeflight and Air Med crews, DPS, city and county fire and police agencies, Rocky Mountain Rescue dogs, and anyone else who asks.
This site will also grow and change as we add our favorite pictures and stories so please post comments and questions if you like.


Sunday, August 16, 2009

Rope Training











Spent Friday night, 8/14/09 in Willard Basin for some night rope training. Had a great time and learned a lot. Spent the night at the CCC camp. Lived from our packs. No sleeping bags or tents. We were wise and chose a night that rained for this training.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

The passing of a member







It is with a fond farewell that we made the last call for a fellow member of our team who has past away.. so long Ridd, and thanks.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

After a little training on atv safety and maintenance at the SAR building today, I got a few more pictures from the last search so I added it to Allan's previous post.
Enjoy...
Keith

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

In need of a little help




On Monday we had a call out that some fishermen were stuck out in the western part of the county. We had a great turnout and alot of fun looking for, finding and rescuing these guys.
This is how we found the truck....
You wouldn't believe where they came from, and where the were trying to go...




Nate on his way to pull them out.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Keeping up on the Training











Several of our members recently attended a Winter Survival Seminar hosted by Weber County's S&R team. We had a great time learning about using snow anchors and avalance beacons, studying the science of snow, and building our own Pepsi can alcohol burning survival stoves.




as you can see from the pictures we couldn't have asked for a better weekend. Thanks to all the Weber guys that made for a great weekend.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Current Events




New officers were elected for 2009 at the December 1st meeting,
(those to be blamed for everything that goes wrong will be:)

Commander: Kirk Ward
1st Capt. Keith Witt
2nd Capt. Brandon Jacobson
treasurer Kevin Terry
Secretary Bruce Andersen
Quartermaster: Larry Webster

Thanks to all of the outgoing Officers for the time and effort that they have spent for our organization!

Congratulations to Bob Richards on his recent luck @ Big O. For those who didn't hear Bob won a Polaris RZR and will be first on scene, and in style with his new toy