The Ohio Special Response Team is frequently called to search an area that could represent many square kilometers, or we may be called to...

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...

In the accompanying image, members of the Ohio Special Response Team work with detailed topographic maps to outline multiple search...

Multiple members of the Ohio Special Response Search & Rescue Team recently completed the Basic Inland SAR Course (BISC) hosted by the...

Ohio Special Response Search & Rescue Team (OSRT) delivered a day-long training event to the Northeastern Ohio Metro SWAT group.

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.

Some of the absolute critical elements – success factors – of any K-9 search for a missing person can be illuminated as a combination of the qualifications of the dog; the qualifications of the dog handler; the experience of both; and the support team they bring with them.

On February 21st, Ali Shegow (17), went missing in the raging flood waters of Big Walnut Creek, in Gahanna, Ohio.

The Search and Rescue members of the Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) are proud to announce our alliance with the Dock Ellis Foundation....

Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) Captain Bill Menker has completed his Instructor Level Credential in Lost Person Behavior (LPB) through...

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.

The Ohio Special Response Search & Rescue Team announces eight members have completed an intense professional training program in Rope Rescue Operations.

Ohio Special Response Search and Rescue Team member Alan Plastow has joined the Medina County Child Abduction Response Team (C.A.R.T.).

Members of Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT) K-9 Unit attended The United States Police Canine Association (USPCA) certification program in Kettering, Ohio, successfully qualifying for their human remains search credential.

Travis Newberg of the Ohio Special Response Search and Rescue Team has qualified for the internationally recognized ASTM 2209 Land Search Team Member credential.

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.

Sarah Gentry, Mark Pitts, and Alan Plastow of the Ohio Special Response Search and Rescue Team have qualified for the internationally recognized ASTM 2209 Land Search Team Member credential.

Captains Bill Ryan and Alan Plastow of the Ohio Special Response Search and Rescue Team have qualified for the nationally recognized Mountain Rescue Association Search Team Member Credential.