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...


OSRT Search and Rescue Captain Plays Vital Role in Locating Two Missing Toddlers
Missing Toddlers Found
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...


OSRT K-9 Baloo Upgrades Qualifications
Ohio Special Response Team K-9, Baloo, continues to build professional level search qualifications by adding the International Police...


Land Navigation – Evidence Search Exercise
In the accompanying image, members of the Ohio Special Response Team work with detailed topographic maps to outline multiple search...


Land SAR - OSRT Personnel Complete Advanced Search and Rescue Training
Multiple members of the Ohio Special Response Search & Rescue Team recently completed the Basic Inland SAR Course (BISC) hosted by the...


OSRT Operator, Travis Newberg, Completes Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Program.
November, 2023: Ohio Special Response Team Operator, Travis Newberg recently complete the rigorous two day TECC (Tactical Emergency...


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


Ohio Special Response Search Team Assists in Search for Gahanna Teen
February, 2022 – On February 21st, Ali Shegow (17), went missing in the raging flood waters of Big Walnut Creek, in Gahanna, Ohio. He was...


OSRT Search and Rescue Team K-9s Invade Carter Lumber in Mogadore, Ohio
May, 2022 - Mansfield, Ohio – Seven search and rescue K-9s descended on Carter Lumber in Mogadore, Ohio to conduct an urban search...

