The Ground Team provides eyes, ears and boots on the ground for anything that may happen while searching, locating, rendering aid and extraction of the lost and/or injured person.

We have people with a variety of skills and abilities.

Training for the ground team encompasses many different levels.

We have several typing levels which correlate to the CAL-OES guidelines beginning with our Type IV Basic Searcher and progressing to our Type 1 searcher who has the ability to be deployed for 72 hours in rugged conditions.

We have individuals trained In various disciplines some of which include Man-Tracking, High-Altitude operations, as well as long term deployment in a short notice basis.

If you have a love of the outdoors and want to give back to your community the El Dorado Search and and Rescue Ground team is where you want to be.