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Mark Stigar of MatSAR (matsaralaska.org/) and his SAR K9, Lyra, returned to Kodiak to teach their second SAR Academy course, a 4-day, Alaska-focused, search and rescue curriculum. It is a broad and thorough introduction to SAR operations and skills based … Continue reading →

On September 14, the Alaska State Troopers received a call about a missing member of a party that had traveled to Long Island to camp at the west end of Southern Lake. The subject had left camp headed south and … Continue reading →

On August 3, a trail runner training for the 24-hour Kodiak “7-Summits Challenge” became lost on the northwest spur of Sheratin Mountain in low clouds. She contacted the State Troopers who requested that KISAR respond to help guide her back … Continue reading →

In May, Deb Ajango of Safety Ed returned to Kodiak to provide KISAR members with her excellent WFA refresher course.

On April 25, KISAR received a call out request from the Alaska State Troopers to respond to a report of a pair of lost hikers in the Monashka Mountain area at White Sands Beach. We had scant information on their … Continue reading →

For our April training, KISAR partnered with the USCG Air Station Kodiak to perform a SAR response to a mock bear mauling incident. The scenario was that an individual had been mauled by a bear on the South End trails … Continue reading →

For KISAR’s March training, we partnered with Casey and Bryan of the Kodiak Survival School to work on bushcraft, emergency shelter building, and signaling. It was an intensive 2.5 day course starting with indoor presentations and practical skill building at … Continue reading →

We had meant to do a December ice safety and rescue training, but with the warm winter we had to wait until January for favorable conditions to develop. KISAR conducted a joint training with Bayside Fire Hall where they focused … Continue reading →

For KISAR’s December training, we brought Deb Ajango of Safety Ed to Kodiak to teach a custom wilderness first aid (WFA) refresher course that following a review of major body systems focused on performing medical evaluations for less common injuries … Continue reading →

For KISAR’s November general membership training, Philip set a course of clues in Fort Abercrombie State Park between Lake Gertrude and the wildflower meadow. The search area was bounded on the east side by Abercrombie Drive and by trails on … Continue reading →