State Urban Search and Rescue Alliance

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State Urban Search and Rescue Alliance (SUSAR) logo
State Urban Search and Rescue Alliance (SUSAR) logo

The State Urban Search and Rescue Alliance or SUSAR is a non-profit organization designed to promote and support state urban search and rescue teams across the United States.

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[edit] Background

SUSAR started informally with discussion between the task force leaders of several states, including South Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Illinois. They decided that state level teams would benefit from a more formal exchange of ideas.[1][2] The first meeting was in South Carolina in July 2005, and 18 states were represented, as well as Puerto Rico.[2][3] By the second meeting the group had grown to 26 states.[1] The State Urban Search and Rescue Alliance was formally adopted in August 2006 in Charlotte, North Carolina.[4] As of March 2007, 41 states have joined the Alliance.[5] The fifth meeting and conference will take place November 12 - 14, 2007 in Ocala, Florida. The event will be hosted by the Florida Urban Search and Rescue System, Florida State Fire Marshall, Florida Association of Search and Rescue, and the Florida Fire Chiefs Association.[6]

[edit] Statement of purpose

[S]upport and conduct research, education, and informational activities to benefit the communities served by state-level US&R teams; to provide teams a voice in the US&R community; to stimulate the exchange of information among persons and organizations thus engaged in US&R and to disseminate such information; and to develop, adopt, and utilize standards for participants and teams engaged in US&R.[4]

[edit] Board of Trustees

  • Chairman Jim Riley - New Jersey[4]
  • Vice-Chairman Michael “Mick” Mayers – South Carolina[4]
  • Secretary-Treasurer T.J. Collins – New Jersey[4]
  • Joe Brocato - Maryland[4]
  • Chad Roberson – Louisiana[4]
  • Chuck Wehrli – Illinois[4]
  • Scott Zander – North Carolina[4]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Director's report," Urban Search and Rescue South Carolina Task Force 1, January 10, 2006. Accessed August 4, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Allied Response," Fire Chief, December 1, 2006. Accessed August 4, 2007.
  3. ^ "LLR Fire Academy Hosts Rescue Summit," South Carolina Fire Academy, Accessed August 4, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of SUSAR," State Urban Search and Rescue Alliance Official Website, Accessed August 4, 2007.
  5. ^ "State Urban Search and Rescue (SUSAR) Alliance Has Formed," SAR News, March 2007. Accessed August 4, 2007.
  6. ^ "Fifth meeting and conference," State Urban Search and Rescue Alliance, Accessed August 4, 2007.

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