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Ground Support & Entry-Level SAR track · Entry-Level SAR & Ground Support

Deployments Built for County Sheriff SAR Volunteer / Posse Academy Holders.

County Sheriff SAR Volunteer / Posse Academy — Basic search academy or volunteer unit membership under the county sheriff, who holds the statutory mandate for inland SAR in most states; background check plus ICS-100 / IS-700. Skip the generic boards: connect directly with vetted search & rescue teams, expeditions, and austere operators seeking exactly this scope of practice.

Issued / verified against

Ground sweeps & hasty searches
Line & grid searches
Staging & base-camp logistics
Missing children & wandering-dementia searches

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Three steps, under a minute. No password to invent — we email (and text) you a one-time sign-in link. Your credentials are verified after you register, before any employer sees your profile.

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What happens after you register

Verification before forwarding

Your license and each certification are checked by a 3-W reviewer against the issuing body after registration and before your profile or documents are forwarded to any employer, contractor, or agency. Unverified profiles are never visible to employers.

How your documents are stored

Licensure and certification uploads are encrypted in transit (TLS), stored in a directory blocked from direct web access, served only to you, the reviewer, and — after you accept a deployment or an interview invitation — that specific contractor, with every admin access recorded in an audit log. We store credentials, not patient records: nothing you upload is protected health information, and we never ask for it.

You control who sees what

Search visibility, contact release, crew-call texts, and the shareable credential manifest are each switched on by you, per feature, from your account — and each can be switched off just as easily. Delete your account and your documents go with it.

Related credentials

Issued by FEMA / NASAR / CAP / County Sheriff. Each has its own deployment page; the whole Ground Support & Entry-Level SAR track covers 11 credentials.

Read the full credential glossary →