The Ohio Special Response Team is proud to announce that our very own BESA. with handler Sarah Gentry, was awarded the "Search and Rescue ACE Award".

Team members use a rope rescue belay to aid in extracting a Stokes Basket down ten flights of stairs. OSRT has joined forces with County...

May 25th has come and gone, with barely a ripple in the media supporting public awareness of National Missing Children's Day. Every year,...

OSRT Search K-9, Besa has become the first K-9 to achieve the “Human Trafficking” qualification from the United States Police Canine...

The Ohio Special Response Team regularly practices conducting searches in all weather and light conditions. This video is a sample of our...

Tuesday, 23 January, 2024 – Mansfield, Ohio – Eleven members of the Ohio Special Response Team Search and Rescue Units received awards...

While seemingly half of the country was hunkered down in fear of the severe winter storm of January 20th, members of units 3 & 7 of the...

A child disappears from a campground. A senior with dementia wanders away from home. A teenager leaves a late-night party and drops off...

On Saturday, November 17th, a joint urban search training exercise was held with members from Ohio Special Response Search and Rescue...

Ohio Special Response Team Operator, Travis Newberg recently complete the rigorous two day TECC (Tactical Emergency Casualty Care) training.

OSRT personnel assist in transferring Jeffery from the extraction litter to the squad bed. Members shown: Jeremy Artzner, Denise Kroger,...

The Ohio Special Response Team is willing to help out by paying for your next couple tanks of gas! Visit our online fuel fund raising...

But wait. Before we go any further, May 25th is the 2024 National Missing Children's Day ( Bet you didn’t even know this designation...

Mansfield, Ohio – The Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)...

The Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) provides a wide range of services to the “Authorities Having Jurisdiction”. In Ohio, these...

On Saturday, March 4, Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) Captain Bill Menker presented a “Hug-a-Tree and Survive” program to a group of...

Mr. Timothy Metcalf of Ashland, Ohio went missing from his home late in the evening of Monday, February 20th, 2023. Search teams were...

The Ohio Special Response Team is extremely grateful to Manager Wendy Robertson of Lowe's, in Mount Vernon, Ohio for the donation of two...

Reality-wise, virtually any intelligent dog can become a search and rescue K-9. After all, most dogs are essentially born with a great...

Captain Alan Plastow, of the Ohio Special Response Team, Stark County Search and Rescue Unit, delivered a 2.5-hour presentation to over...