Search & Rescue’s Nelson Trichler

By: County of Santa Barbara
Published: June 5th, 2024 | 12:39pm
Source: Independent

Santa Barbara County profiles longtime Search & Rescue volunteer Nelson Trichler, who discusses the all-volunteer group and their work finding and rescuing people under many different circumstances, as parts of its Your County, Your Heroes video series. Watch the entire series of videos here.

Additionally, team members practiced their communication/radio commands mid-climb, safety, situational awareness, and best practices conducting individual subject-based pickoffs.

This training is part of the regular training the SAR Team use to stay sharp when the situation calls for their assistance county-wide.

Team members use twice monthly extended scenario-based trainings, like the one Sunday, as well as multiple open skills training sessions on weekday evenings. Several times a year they attend state and national trainings.

Santa Barbara County's SAR Team is a professional, all-volunteer, unpaid, non-profit {501(c)3} organization that is community supported providing assistance to those in need at the direction of Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.