On May 6 and 7, 2023, the Iron County Sheriff SAR (ICSSAR) K9 group sponsored an intensive K9 training with instructor Jeff Young from Weber County SAR K9 and a private investigator with Utah Tactical Coaching (UTC Investigations) in Ogden, Utah. Jeff and his K9 partner Zoey are a certified Read more…
SAVE THE DATE! Saturday May 13 2023We will be at the annual public safety open house. We’ll have a bunch of our vehicles out there and volunteers on hand to answer questions about ICSSAR. We will also have our first annual 2023 ICSSAR Calendars! We hope to see you there!#ICSSAR Read more…
Iron County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (ICSSAR) is excited to announce the establishment of a new specialty team to aid in the mission of the ICSSAR. We have recently added a Mountain Bike (MB) specialty team. The MB team is primarily used as a hasty response for locating a lost Read more…
April 22, 2023 The ICSSAR Drone team got together this past Saturday to conduct aerial mapping of the Iron County Fair Grounds in preparation for the upcoming fair. This will assist us in staging volunteers to help with parking coordination. They also conducted mock training to simulate Drone utilization in Read more…
April 17, 2023 The ICSSAR Monday night team meeting closed with a field trip to meet the Cedar City Based Crew with Life Flight Medical Helicopter. Life Flight is staged at Intermountain Cedar City and is staffed 24/7 with a Pilot (12 hours on/12 hours off), ICU Flight Paramedic and Read more…
The ICSSAR team received a letter of appreciation from Iron County’s Commissioner, Paul Cozzens. As Chair of the Iron County Commission this year, I speak on behalf of all of us in expressing our gratitude for your service! Over 25 years ago, a group of friends and I started a Read more…
National Volunteer Week April 17, 2023 Iron County’s Sherriff Carpenter opened the ICSSAR Monday night team meeting with a special message. This week is National Volunteer Week. It’s a week dedicated to everyone who volunteers their time to provide a service to their community. Sheriff Carpenter shared a touching story Read more…
Zion Overlook/SR 14 Male and 2 dogs stuck in a vehicle March 21, 2023 At 11:30 P.M. on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023, the Iron County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue (ICSSAR) Snowmobile Team received a call-out of a reported male stuck near the Zion Overlook on SR-14. He also had his Read more…
The US Army began the “War Dog” program on March 13, 1942, which is why the service and sacrifice of working dogs is recognized on March 13th. Our Search and Rescue K9 handlers and dogs go through rigorous training for various types of missions. It typically takes 600 hours Read more…
March 6, 2023 The ICSSAR Monday night team meeting closed with a field trip to meet some of the crew of AirLife Utah Helicopter Program and get a tour of the Medical Helicopter. AirLife Utah is staged at the Cedar City Regional Airport and is staffed 24/7 with a Pilot, Read more…