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Champaign County Search & Rescue Team Training
- Details
Forty volunteers completed a
16-hour Ground Search and Rescue training course on the weekend of October
20-21, 2012. Training began at the ILEAS
(Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System) classroom facility in Urbana and then
moved to Homer Lake in SE Champaign County.
The training was conducted by Illinois Search and Rescue Council
certified instructors, from the McLean County EMA Search and Rescue Team and
the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office / Search and Rescue Team. The training included an overview of SAR
fundamentals, lost person behavior, SAR operations in the field, and search
crew field operations both during daylight and at night. Champaign County EMA, the Champaign County
Sheriff’s Office, the Cornbelt Fire Protection District Dive Team, and the Homer
Fire Dept. assisted in the training.