Hokies for SAR

Objectives of the club:

  • Will host informational lectures regarding different fields within Search and Rescue
  • Will host demonstrations
  • Will provide a liasion between Virginia Tech students and faculty to our local SAR team (you can even go through their training program to be a certified SAR member!)
  • Will strive to provide a look at what it takes to be certified within larger SAR organizations such as NASAR and FEMA

The purpose of this organization is to provide awareness to the Virginia Tech and Blacksburg community of the function, and work of Search and Rescue teams whose service consists of ground or mounted search, live air scent or cadaver dog teams and urban, water and avalanche specialties.

Want to be involved?

Great! We are here to point you in the right direction! Learn about the various specialities in the SAR community and connect to our own SAR team in Blacksburg!

Meeting Minutes

To view what happened in past meetings, click here!