H-0400 Search and Rescue Incidents.pdf

Kern County Sheriff’s Office Policies and Procedures TITLE: SEARCH AND RESCUE INCIDENTS NO: H-400 APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED: June 10, 1991 10/20/2020 04/01/1996 11/28/2007 POLICY The Kern County Sheriff’s Office recognizes its responsibility to those persons who become lost or otherwise endangered within the immediate vicinity of the County of Kern. To this end the Sheriff’s Office established a volunteer Search and Rescue Unit under the supervision of the Sheriff’s Sergeant as part of the Volunteer Services Division. The Sheriff’s Office also recognizes the fact that a search and or rescue of persons is an emergency and a timely response of proper urgency is imperative. Under no circumstance shall any member of the Sheriff’s Office delay in reporting or causing to be reported a person lost, overdue, or in need of rescue to the appropriate member of the Search and Rescue staff.