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K-9 Team

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Middle Creek Search & Rescue  offers a wide variety of SAR resources including K-9, Horse, Radio Communications, First Aid and Search Management. Middle Creek Search & Rescue works closely with other teams such as Trained Search Dog Teams, Horse Teams, Fire Companies, Rescue Units, and other Search Teams, etc. Middle Creek Search & Rescue helps locate lost or missing persons, day or night, year round.

Monthly Meetings  Middle Creek Search & Rescue holds monthly meetings at the Durlach/Mt. Airy Fire Company (Station 1-4). Training is done at various locations including the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, located on the Lebanon-Lancaster County line about one mile south of Kleinfeltersville  For more info, contact: Mike Musser, 717 627-2112

Middle Creek Search & Rescue provides the following public training programs:

A Child is Lost Program  teaches children what to do to avoid getting lost and how to stay comfortable and help searchers locate them if they do get lost.

Map and Compass Clinic  which teaches basic Topographical Map and Compass skills. It is a four hour program which teaches you how to make your map talk compass language and also a practical compass game to sharpen your compass skills.

Introduction to Search and Rescue Fundamentals  combines Map and Compass skills with some basics in the way of search practices for in the field and in the command center.

Search & Rescue Grid Techniques- 16 hours  Search & Rescue, the fourth emergency service. Have you ever been lost or knew someone you wish would get lost? If you answered yes to either or both of these questions then this intensive two day course is for you. Taught by volunteers from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources this course will teach you basic navigational skills using map and compass, as well as guiding you on the proper techniques used when searching wilderness or urban areas. You will also gain some basic survival skills as well as doing an actual simulated field search where you search for your victim, assess their medical condition, and then pack them out of the scene back to civilization. There are no prerequisites for this course. Be prepared to spend the second day of the class outside being one with nature! Remember search is an emergency!  For more info, contact: Mike Musser, 717 627-2112