May 11, 2024 We had 14 of our volunteers come out to participate in the Iron County Sheriff’s Open House. We enjoyed spending time with the community and our counterparts in throughout the county. We even had a couple of guest appearances, Dixie and Bo from the K9 SAR team Read more…
During our Monday, May 6th unit meeting, we recognized Peter Belay for his work for the unit. He has been very helpful on many searches and attending trainings as well as being part of several of our public events. Please join us in thanking Peter for his time and help. Read more…
Three Peaks Model Port April 18, 2024 The Drone Team held a team training on Thursday evening at the Three Peaks Model Port. They had 8 drones to rotate among the pilots for them to learn about the different styles of drones. They use the time to teach each other Read more…
Southview Trailhead April 16, 2024 The Mountain Bike Team held a combined training with one of the ICSSAR K9 team members to co-train with his rescue dog, Dixie. We started our team training on the Lichen It trail and then took Green Hollow to Highlands and then down the C Read more…
Red Hollow Trailhead Injured Hiker April 11, 2024 At 6:00 pm, the ICSSAR team received a page to respond for an injured hiker on the red hollow trail. The team arrived at the trailhead (TH) at approximately 6:30pm and began the ascent up to the injured hiker. 3 members of Read more…
ICSSAR Team Member Recognition Monday Night Meeting March 18, 2024 Sheriff Carpenter attended our ICSSAR Monday night team meeting to give special recognition to 2nd Lieutenant Jim Harmon. Over the last several weeks, Jim has spent hundreds of hours of his own time working with the people from Utah Read more…
Evidence Search March 16, 2024 The Cedar City Police Department (CCPD) requested the assistance of the ICSSAR team in conducting an evidence search on Saturday, March 16, 2024. The ICSSAR is trained in conducting flank style searches typically used for tracking lost/missing individuals, but in this case, can be very Read more…
Lost Hikers on Valentine PeakMarch 12, 2024 At approximately 4pm the Iron County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue (ICSSAR) team was activated to respond to Valentine Peak in Parowan for 2 lost hikers. The responding Iron County Sheriff’s Deputy, Corporal Hilleger, was on scene first and immediately began hiking to the Read more…
February 16-17, 2024 The ICSSAR team got together for our annual winter training this past weekend. The weekend kicked off on Friday night where a handful of members arrived at the UDOT Shed off SR14 at 3pm where they put to use their winter survival skills and shelter construction to Read more…
February 19, 2024 ICSSAR Monday Night Meeting We would like to thank Iron County Sheriff’s Deputies and K9 handlers, Erik Rohman and Jared O’Mealy for attending our meeting tonight and providing us a training on how our teams can work together in the field during searches and how our ICSSAR Read more…