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Hundreds of youths and adult advisors regularly participate as trained search specialists or provide other support services related to wilderness search and rescue. Some Law Enforcement Exploring groups also participate in ESAR training and missions. At times, qualified ESAR teams have also assisted in locating evidence of crimes, such as victims of Ted Bundy , in 1974 , or Gary Ridgway (The Green River Murderer) in the 1980s , and searching for notorious Skyjacker D. B. Cooper in 1971 . Generally, however, their skills are applied to finding overdue Hikers , Hunters , or carrying injured Mountaineers to safety when airborne MEDEVAC is not feasible. Training can be rigorous and demanding, and may take years to accomplish. Members are generally proficient in Wilderness Survival , Navigation , and First Aid , and take advanced training in wilderness searching techniques including Tracking , grid-searching for Missing Persons , and various types of Rescue . There are also specialty areas including Incident Command System , Radio communications, commissary and logistics Provisioning , and progressive leadership advancement. Certified teams are generally on-call 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, ready to assist local authorities, in cooperation with other SAR agencies. Many members go on to round out their skills with volunteer Ski Patrol , Mountain Rescue , Civil Air Patrol or as other professionals. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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