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SAR CON 2026: Mine Rescue
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
Mine rescue teams respond to emergencies underground with the goal of finding and safely extricating trapped or injured miners and restoringairflow to the mine. Depending on the mine and the emergency, teams will use rope rescue, firefighting, first aid, and underground navigational skills.This session introduces mine rescue teams, discusses integration of mine rescue teams with SAR responses, and presents rebreathers and gas monitors used in underground rescue.
SAR CON 2026: Canine Trauma Care
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
SAR Canines are part of the team. This engaging course will cover how to take care of a K9 team member when injured or in need of medicalattention. The presentation will cover assessments, approaches and treatments of the injured canine team member.
SAR CON 2026: Managing Volunteers & Preventing Conflict Within/Across SAR Teams
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
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, accountabilitylooks different, and people's identity is deeply tied to the work—but the core framework still applies. This interactive session offers practical tools for preventing and resolving conflict in volunteer SAR, both within your team and across the agencies you work alongside, drawn from 30 years of
SAR CON 2026: UAV Team Integration, Platforms & Software
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
Designed for search leaders, ICs, and anyone curious about how UAS can (and can’t) support BSAR, this session offers a practical look at integratingdrones into operations. We'll discuss real-world successes and limitations, highlight tools like Sar Topo and Eagle Eyes, and share lessons learnedfrom Colorado incidents. Expect candid answers, illustrative photos and video, and a focus on when calling for drones actually makes a difference.
SAR CON 2026: Building a Culture of Accountability & Shared Leadership: Smaller Teams Perspective
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
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 whoshare the operational load. Join us to explore practical ways to rethink leadership and build an organization that is as resilient off the mountain as it is on it.
SAR CON 2026: Litter, Lines, & Vital Signs
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
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 howspinal concerns, respiratory status, pain, and hypothermia should drive packaging choices. Working through scenarios, we’ll examine harness vslitter setups, positioning, padding and restraint, highlighting simple rigging tweaks that meaningfully change medical outcomes.
SAR CON 2026: BSAR & Wildland Fire
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
A conversation on BSAR and wildland fire. From stories, to steps to getstarted, to PPE, culture, radios, assignments, IC, risks, safety, and fireeducation.
SAR CON 2026: Bee Sting Case Study
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
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.
SAR CON 2026: Working with CSAR's State BSAR Coordinators
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
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 widearray of SAR incident types when requested by a local jurisdiction and/or in support of our agency partners. Find out how the program can supportyou and get you what you need, and learn how to activate our 24/7 help by attending this session.
SAR CON 2026: Emerging Technologies in SAR
  • 2.00 Operations
$0.00
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, andresponder safety. Through audience participation, real-world examples, and panel discussion, attendees will have the opportunity to shareperspectives, discuss practical applications, and explore both the opportunities and challenges of integrating these technologies into search

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