We are a Search and Rescue team, made up of volunteers, that donate over 20,000 hours annually to Northern California residen ... ts in need of assistance, any time, any weather, anywhere. If you would like to donate - we are a 501 (c) 3... http://www.marinsar.org/donate/ We... ...search for missing people in the wilderness and urban settings all over California ...get paged out for a search mission (usually at 2:00AM in the pouring rain) and eagerly respond to the command post ...have two general meetings and one full day of training each month on the calendar ...are all medically trained to at least the Emergency Medical Responder level (60 hrs) ...conduct evidence searches for various law enforcement agencies in Marin ...are one of 20 Mountain Rescue teams in California so you can (with proper training) respond to the middle of the high sierras year round ...have a bunch of neat equipment that has been donated, purchased through contributions or thru the Sheriff's Dept. ...train CERT teams in Marin so they can help our team in the case of large incidents ...are a volunteer organization, so we provide all of our personal gear ourselves (this can run several hundred dollars) ...have a fleet of vehicles from the Sheriff's Dept. with lots of amazing SAR gear ...are made up of almost 50% adult and 50% youth members ...raise our own money for equipment ...conduct 30-50 operations each year ...assist with natural disasters, and pretty much anything which involves injured or missing people ...go to work after searching all night ...enjoy what we do read more