MISSION
Provide no-cost advanced search & rescue and disaster response services throughout Ohio and, where needed, in national incidents.
PURPOSE
OSRT is a team composed of multiple units distributed throughout Ohio providing advanced search & rescue operations, K-9 operations, and disaster response services to local, state, and federal entities as well as to families with lost loved ones.
WHO WE ARE
​OSRT is an all volunteer organization that was formed by and is led by individuals with many years of combined experience in providing emergency services (including, but not limited to, former military personnel, corporate managers, police and corrections officers, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and everyday citizens like yourself). All of these people have become competent in search and rescue operations as well as in disaster response. And, yes, there’s a definite need for non-responder support personnel as well.
WHO WE SERVE
OSRT volunteers deliver services to local and national agencies that include law enforcement, fire departments, Ohio Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and the public. OSRT coordinates obtaining approvals for our deployments with the appropriate authority managing the incident (these are referred to as Authorities Having Jurisdiction [AHJs]). Many of our services occur within the state of Ohio, but members of the team also respond to national emergencies as well as in other states.
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But, most important of all, the members of the Ohio Special Response Team serve the families of missing individuals and those impacted by disaster events.
