INSAR is a non-profit volunteer organization with the mission of helping to save lives through search and rescue operations as well as public education. This mission is accomplished through the combination of many different individuals coming together with a wide variety of expertise and strengths. In addition to the minimum standards to join the team, our members bring backgrounds in medicine, technical rock and ice climbing, navigation, aircraft operations, vehicle operations, leadership, business and finance, law enforcement, military service and many others. Our sucess is based on the collective experience and expertise of our members.

Interested in becoming a memeber? Our team can make use of volunteers with a variety of skills.  We always have a need for volunteers in the following areas:

• Support staff to man a search command post and aid in the operation of that command post
• Command staff that can assist in running a search operation and conducting mission planning
• Field searchers that are the backbone of the search effort whether it be on foot, in/on a vehicle, or managing a search dog
• Mountain Rescue staff that take searching to a new level through their ability to sustain search and rescue operations above the tree line, in more severe weather and at night, and also have additional technical rescue capabilities for evacuating a patient from these environments.

We have roles to fit nearly everyone within our team. If volunteering to help save a life is something that appeals to you, come to our next meeting or contact us to learn more.

Fill out a Membership Application and email a completed version back to info@insar.us or bring it to our next meeting.

We meet on the second Monday of every month and our meeting location is at the Spokane Sheriff Department Training Facility in the Spokane valley at 7:00pm. The address is 10319 East Appleway and the training area is up on the second level of the building. Drive up the ramp to the upper parking area and enter through the glass doors on the East side of the parking lot.