MCSO SAR volunteers respond to an average of 65 emergency calls each year. A typical mission might be:

· Wilderness searches for missing or injured hikers.
· An urban search for an Alzheimer's patient or lost child.
· Rescuing injured hikers in the backcountry.
· Swiftwater rescues due to flooding.
· Rescues or recoveries resulting from a vehicle that has driven off a cliff.
· Evidence or abduction searches for law enforcement.
· Searches for downed aircraft.
· Body recoveries of various types.
· Mutual aid searches during urban disasters.

Our team enjoys a close working relationship with all Monterey County Fire Urban Search and Rescue units, local, state, and federal parks and forest services, and local and state law enforcement agencies.