H.A.R.R.T. – (rescue and recovery organization) held its SAR ( Search and Recovery) School SAR Field Unit Member Certification Exercise at the Liberty Corn Maze, Saturday. This was the practical field exercise challenge to use their recent skills earned and certifies them to respond to a SAR Incident Mission.
Students were from various Community Emergency Response Teams, Disaster Animal Rescue Teams, Medical Reserve Corp, Fire Departments, Local Government, Law Enforcement, and Federal Government Employees.
HARRT is a specially trained local search, rescue, and recovery unit that are often essential to reducing loss of life and human suffering, in that as such; assistance may be paramount in the earliest stages of the incident and in the aftermath of disasters.
This volunteer organization responds where and when needed, through the Platte County and Clay County Sheriff’s Department, and as requested by State, Federal, National agencies in need of search, rescue, and recovery.
This group has participated in recently in locating a missing child and an Alzheimer patient.
The heat index was over 105 degrees. The trails had not been cleaned. The decision / locator posts in but not marked. The group was asked why they wanted to continue with the practice. Their response was that emergency doesn’t know weather, location or time of day. When they are needed they go.
More information:www.harrt.net
