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Ohio Special Response Team K-9, BESA, wins major national award!
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".
Jun 20, 20252 min read
Ohio Attorney General Posts 2023 Missing Children Status Report
May 25th has come and gone, with barely a ripple in the media supporting public awareness of National Missing Children's Day. Every year,...
May 24, 20242 min read
Ohio Special Response Team Receives Award from Richland County Sheriff
Tuesday, 23 January, 2024 – Mansfield, Ohio – Eleven members of the Ohio Special Response Team Search and Rescue Units received awards...
Jan 23, 20242 min read
OSRT - Stepping Missing Persons Searches Up to The Next Level of Effectiveness
A child disappears from a campground. A senior with dementia wanders away from home. A teenager leaves a late-night party and drops off...
Jan 1, 20244 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
OSRT Operator, Travis Newberg, Completes Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Program.
Ohio Special Response Team Operator, Travis Newberg recently complete the rigorous two day TECC (Tactical Emergency Casualty Care) training.
Oct 31, 20231 min read
How would you like $200.00 in FREE GAS?
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...
Jul 31, 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
Ohio Special Response Team – Partners with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Mansfield, Ohio – The Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)...
Mar 31, 20231 min read
Interested in Joining the Ohio Special Response Team? Here are Some of Your Options.
The Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) provides a wide range of services to the “Authorities Having Jurisdiction”. In Ohio, these...
Mar 2, 20232 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
Lowe's Donates Vital New Generators to Ohio Search and Rescue Team
The Ohio Special Response Team is extremely grateful to Manager Wendy Robertson of Lowe's, in Mount Vernon, Ohio for the donation of two...
Feb 2, 20231 min read
In the US, a child goes missing every 90 seconds. School transport personnel can make a difference!
Captain Alan Plastow, of the Ohio Special Response Team, Stark County Search and Rescue Unit, delivered a 2.5-hour presentation to over...
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Ohio Search Team Partners with the Dock Ellis Foundation to Optimize Search Coverage
The Search and Rescue members of the Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) are proud to announce our alliance with the Dock Ellis Foundation....
Jan 6, 20223 min read
OSRT Search and Rescue K-9s Wow Atwood Fall Festival Attendees
The Ohio Special Response Search & Rescue Team (OSRT) announces members of the search and rescue team contributed time and expertise during the Atwood Fall Festival October 1st-3rd. Team members introduced 7 of their Search and Rescue K-9s to the public.
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Search & Rescue is NOT a Spectator Sport!
Mansfield, Ohio - When the members of the Ohio Special Response Search & Rescue Team deploy, nobody gets to sit back, take a snooze, and...
Sep 19, 20183 min read
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