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".

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

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

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...

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

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

Cletus Payne, Captain of Ohio Special Response Search Unit 2, recently deployed as a Troy Township Fire Fighter to Truman Village Mobile...

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...

Ohio Special Response Search Team K-9s and unit members from around the state assisted the Mansfield Police Department, Ontario Police Department, FBI, Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Division’s Unmanned Aerial System (DRONE) in conducting a wide area search for the 6 year old child missing since Wednesday evening.

The Ohio Special Response Search & Rescue Team (OSRT) linked up with over 70 Boy Scouts to provide guidance & instruction in their Search & Rescue Merit Badge Program.

The Ohio Special Response Search and Rescue Team thanks the Uniontown, Ohio Police Department for allowing us to manage the on-site...