Unit Overview

Administered by the Napa County Sheriff's Department, the Napa County Search and Rescue Unit was formed in 1992 to provide search and rescue services for Napa County, California. The unit is on-call 24 hours a day and is ready for both urban or wilderness searches.

The Unit consists of 30 unpaid volunteers with various expertise in search and rescue skills including ground tracking, emergency medicine, rope rescue, ATV, helicopter operation and search management.

Napa County Search and Rescue is an official non-profit 501(c)(3) organization overseen by liaison officers assigned by the Napa County Sheriff's Department.

News and Information

Next SAR business meeting:
— May 6 Adult Meeting 1900hrs @ Sheriff's Office
— May 14 Explorer Meeting 1900hrs @ Sheriff's Office
— Jun 19 Explorer Open House 1900hrs @ Sheriff's Office

Next SAR trainings (open to adult and Explorer teams):
— May 20 1900hrs @ SO Search Operations & Mgmt
— May 25 1900hrs @ SO Training TBD
— Jun 5-8 Trackers Camp @ Reno
— Jun 20 1830hrs @ SO - Explorer Boot Camp (Classroom)
— Jun 21 1200hrs @ Camp Coombs - Explorer Boot Camp (Field)

SARCON coming May 16-18, 2008 @ Fallon NAS NV <click here>

Napa SAR hosting evening dinner fundraising event Sat Jun 28. Watch for further details in the coming month.

SAR 2008 Events Calendar <click here>

In an Emergency:
Dial 911 or call the Napa County Sheriff's Office Emergency Number (707) 253-0911

Mission
Provide search and rescue services for the Napa County Sheriff's Department

Team Specialties
— Ground tracking
— Canine
— First Responder/EMT
— Missing persons search
— Wilderness & Urban search
— ATV
— Communications
— Search Management

Featured Sponsor

Andretti Winery

4162 Big Ranch Road
Napa, CA 94558
707.261.1717