SAR CON 2026: Managing Volunteers & Preventing Conflict Within/Across SAR Teams
Good leadership in high-consequence environments follows the same principles whether your team is paid or volunteer: clear roles, strongrelationships, deliberate practice, and honest feedback. Volunteer SAR adds unique challenges—you can't mandate attendance, accountability
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
Cost $0.00
SAR CON 2026: UAV Team Integration, Platforms & Software
Designed for search leaders, ICs, and anyone curious about how UAS can (and can’t) support BSAR, this session offers a practical look at integrating
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
Cost $0.00
SAR CON 2026: Building a Culture of Accountability & Shared Leadership: Smaller Teams Perspective
While creating accountability among SAR volunteers and spreading the administrative workload is tough for any agency, smaller teams face adistinct shortage of resources. This interactive session explores how two teams across the state have worked to create reliable volunteers who
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
Cost $0.00
SAR CON 2026: Litter, Lines, & Vital Signs
We often talk about “secure” packaging, but less about what it does to the patient’s physiology during a long raise or lower. This session looks at how
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
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SAR CON 2026: BSAR & Wildland Fire
A conversation on BSAR and wildland fire. From stories, to steps to getstarted, to PPE, culture, radios, assignments, IC, risks, safety, and fireeducation.
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
Cost $0.00
SAR CON 2026: Bee Sting Case Study
A case review of a patient in the backcountry who suffered a bee sting which led to anaphylaxis and progressed to cardiac arrest. The Flight forLife team and coroner involved in the case bring many layers of learning to the presentation.
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
Cost $0.00
SAR CON 2026: Working with CSAR's State BSAR Coordinators
The CSAR State Backcountry SAR Coordinator Program consists of a group of highly experienced, volunteer Colorado SAR leaders recruitedfrom teams across the state. Our job is to provide resource coordination, situational awareness, and enhanced communication amongst a wide
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
Cost $0.00
SAR CON 2026: Emerging Technologies in SAR
Explore how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence are transforming modern search and rescue operations. This interactive panelwill highlight innovative hardware and software tools and examine how they can improve situational awareness, operational efficiency, and
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
Cost $0.00
SAR CON 2026: Why MRA?
A roundtable discussion on the advantages and challenges of being an MRA team, the current structure of the Rocky Mountain Region, and the
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
Cost $0.00
SAR CON 2026: When the Wheels Come Off: CO4x4RnR’s “Roll” in the SAR Community
When a vehicle ends up stuck, rolled, or stranded deep in the backcountry, who can you call? Come meet Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery and
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  • Live Onsite
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  • 2.00 Operations
Cost $0.00

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