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Ohio Special Response Search Team – Winter & Night Search Video
The Ohio Special Response Team regularly practices conducting searches in all weather and light conditions. This video is a sample of our...
Mar 1, 20243 min read
OSRT Search Team Conducts Cold Weather-Night Search Exercises
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...
Jan 20, 20241 min read
OSRT Team School Search Exercise
On Saturday, November 17th, a joint urban search training exercise was held with members from Ohio Special Response Search and Rescue...
Nov 17, 20231 min read
My child is missing! Why aren't the police doing anything?
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...
Jun 1, 20235 min read
Hug-a-Tree Program Can Save Lost Children
On Saturday, March 4, Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) Captain Bill Menker presented a “Hug-a-Tree and Survive” program to a group of...
Mar 1, 20231 min read
Grid Search – A Vital Tool for OSRT Search and Rescue Operations
The Ohio Special Response Team is frequently called to search an area that could represent many square kilometers, or we may be called to...
Jan 4, 20232 min read
OSRT Captain, Tim Durbin, delivers life-saving CPR on a moving toboggan!
Tim Durbin is an OSRT Captain, Red Cross CPR Instructor, and a member of the SNOW TRAILS Ski Patrol. At a recent Snow Trails BIG AIR...
Jan 2, 20231 min read
Ohio Special Response Team Delivers Search Training to Northeastern Ohio SWAT
Ohio Special Response Search & Rescue Team (OSRT) delivered a day-long training event to the Northeastern Ohio Metro SWAT group.
May 31, 20221 min read
OSRT Search and Rescue Team K-9s Invade Carter Lumber in Mogadore, Ohio
Seven search and rescue K-9s descended on Carter Lumber in Mogadore, Ohio to conduct an urban search exercise throughout the facility’s eight structures.
Apr 30, 20221 min read
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