Specialized search skills include land navigation, GPS, map and compass, man tracking, and survival training.
The team’s primary responsibility is providing medical care for Search and Rescue members and for the citizens of San Luis Obispo County who are in need.
The Mountain Bike (MTB) Team gives the San Luis Obispo Search and Rescue (SLOSAR) unit the ability to quickly cover ground where other resources may not be as efficient or effective, both in wilderness and urban environments.
Team members knowledge and skills include safety procedures, equipment capabilities, knots, rappelling, belaying, ascending, anchors and anchor systems, rigging for raising and lowering systems, litter handling, patient packaging, single victim rescue, self-rescue, and problem solving.
They provide transportation and support to the remote areas of the county and assist medical teams on the Pismo State Dunes.
Vehicle teams are used for “hasty” searches of trails, streets, roads and as attraction devices to bring missing people to the searchers.