Lost Child Found by Search Team
The Ohio Search & Rescue team was dispatched to help search for six-year-old Emma.* They joined local authorities and dog teams, working together to find her. A rainbow-colored croc Emma had been wearing was found about 1,000 feet from the house, and two teams were sent to search the area. Scared, lost, and alone, Emma […]
Q&A with the Minnesota Search & Rescue Team
Q: Can you walk us through the typical process of responding to a Search & Rescue (SAR) call, from receiving the alert to completing the mission? A: Immediately after being alerted of a coming search dispatch, we usually start examining which responsibilities for today can be postponed and which ones can be handed off to […]
In the Hands of God
Twenty-two-year-old Wade’s* motorcycle lay abandoned at the end of his grandparents’ driveway. He was nowhere to be seen. The Virginia Search & Rescue team responded to the call and began searching. Wade’s family waited for word, their anxiety deepened by the suicide note discovered on his computer. Hours passed as team members fruitlessly combed hundreds […]
Closure and comfort after tragic drowning
This article was originally posted on christianaidministries.org. This summer the Ohio Search & Rescue team responded to the tragic drowning of Keith Schlabach, local to CAM’s headquarters in Berlin. On June 4, Keith and his friend Maynard set out with a canoe on the Tuscarawas River as the sun rose above the fog. The friends […]
Another chance for Trenton
A damp February afternoon found the Virginia Search & Rescue team looking for forty-year-old Trenton from Tennessee.
Arkansas Search & Rescue Swift water rescue
One evening at 9:30, the Arkansas Search & Rescue team was called to help several people stranded in their vehicles that had washed of a bridge.
Hurricane Florence Project Updates
Florence cleanup underway in the Carolinas Monday, October 3, 8:03AM Floodwaters have gone down in most areas and Rapid Response volunteers are cleaning up flood-damaged homes at the following locations. Trenton, North Carolina: A Rapid Response base has been setup in Trenton. From this base, staff and volunteers are reaching into the towns of Trenton […]
3 ways CAM is preparing for Hurricane Florence
As Hurricane Florence makes its way toward the East Coast, CAM team members are ready to take action as soon as possible after the storm. Florence has downgraded to a category 2 storm, but is still serious and could bring catastrophic flooding in the days to come. The hurricane could bring as much as 30 […]
Search and Rescue
This year, CAM’s Search and Rescue teams have already responded to more than 40 incidents in seven states and one Canadian province. They spent over 6,000 hours searching for missing children, dementia patients, drowned victims, and others.
Rapid Response teams investigate needs in Florida
UPDATE: The Florida Rapid Response team has set up a base near Jacksonville, as well as in Orlando where several hundred houses are flooded. Our generator trailer with 21 generators is being used in Georgia where the power is still out. We are also researching the flooding in Charleston, South Carolina, and plan to investigate […]
