SCSARDA Team Qualifications & Resource Typing
Team Qualifications
SCSARDA members come from many professional backgrounds that add great diversity and the skills necessary to maintain standards of excellence in Search and Rescue work. Some of these backgrounds include law enforcement, EMS, fire service, and nursing.
All operational members have training in search tactics, wilderness survival, land navigation, and NIMS. SCSARDA members maintain certifications in NASAR (SAR Tech III or higher), CPR, first aid, ICS 100, 200, 700, and 800.
Many SCSARDA members have obtained additional specialized skills either in their careers or while participating with SCSARDA. These skills include:
Crime Scene PreservationHAZMAT
Blood Borne Pathogens
Clandestine Drug Lab Awareness
Community Emergency Response Team
Man-tracking
Lost Person Behavior
Search Operations Management (Emergency Response International)
Wide Area Search (TEEX/FEMA)
ICS 809: ESF-9 - Search and Rescue
NASAR SAR Tech II
ADSAR (Advanced Search and Rescue)
MLPI (Managing the Lost Person Incident)
Confined Space Rescue
Swiftwater Rescue
Rescue Diver
NIMS ESF-9 Typing
Below is a list of SCSARDA's NIMS ESF-9 typing and the number of persons or K9s in that category:
| Resource Type | # K9s/ people |
| Wilderness Search and Rescue Type IV | 14 |
| Mountain Search and Rescue Type IV | 14 |
| K9 Search and Rescue - Land Cadaver Air Scent Types III & Other |
3 |
| K9 Search and Rescue - Water Air Scent Types I & VI |
3 |
| Wilderness Tracking/Trailing Type II and Other (discriminating) | 5 |
| Wilderness Air Scent- Type II and Other (discriminating) | 3 |