Support Volunteer Search and Rescue Teams!
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*NEW* Grant Directory Added - Wednesday, April 09, 2008 The grant directory has been updated and added to. We now have 29 grant programs listed for members, as well as 3 other programs listed for the general SAR community to access. Each of the grants listed in the directory has a full description, deadlines, application information, and other vital research details to make your grant application successfull. Sign up for a NAVSAR Team Membership to start obtaining better funding for your team today!
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Bylaws added! - Friday, February 15, 2008 In keeping with the Association's philosophy of a transparent organization, the Bylaws have been added to the Corporate Documents page under the About Us tab on the top menu. All other Association tax, legal, financial, and goverance documents can also be found under the About Us menu to members while logged in.
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NAVSAR Open for Membership - Friday, February 08, 2008 After almost 2 years in the works, NAVSAR is ready to begin accepting members and pursuing the founding mission to support volunteer search and rescue teams. Join us in this new endeavor, together we can help each other succeed in providing the best possible service to our communities!
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NAVSAR receives Tax Exempt Status! - Saturday, June 02, 2007 NAVSAR has been recognized as a non-profit, tax exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The effective date of exemption is 2/15/2006.
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Discounted Web Hosting for SAR teams - Sunday, April 08, 2007 Full featured websites and email for only $50/yr NOW available to members and non-member SAR teams!
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NAVSAR Update - Thursday, June 01, 2006 Application submitted for Advanced Determination of 501(c)(3) non-profit status.
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NAVSAR Update - Thursday, June 01, 2006 Corporate documents added to "Corporate Info" page, including Bylaws.
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New member benefit - Monday, May 01, 2006 Hertz Car Rental added to list of member benefits.
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New member benefit - Monday, May 01, 2006 Enterprise Rent-a-Car added to list of member benefits.
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New Member Benefit - Monday, May 01, 2006 May 2006 - Alamo Rent A Car added to list of member benefits.
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New Member Benefit - Monday, May 01, 2006 May 2006 - National Car Rental added to list of member benefits.
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New Member Benefit - Monday, May 01, 2006 May 2006 - Best Western added to list of member benefits.
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New member benefit - Monday, May 01, 2006 Avis Rent-A-Car added to list of member benefits.
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So That Others May Live...
Welcome to the National Association of Volunteer Search And Rescue Teams, Inc. (NAVSAR).
After nearly two years of working to lay the foundation, NAVSAR is ready to begin accepting members and building a successful Association solely dedicated to the support of volunteer search and rescue teams in the United States. Please click here to view the membership packages available with benefits available.
During the membership drive we are offering reduced rates for membership good for the first year. Team Memberships also get a FREE premium web hosting account using the DotNetNuke platform to provide even the most novice website builder with the tools to create a professional website complete with secure member areas and many more options. Web hosting accounts are also available without NAVSAR membership to any SAR team for rates that are 50% of what you might pay through any other web host service!
We encourage you to get involved, together we can achieve more!
NAVSAR Mission Statement:
The National Association of Volunteer Search and Rescue Teams, Inc. (NAVSAR) is committed to providing financial and material support to the nation’s volunteer search and rescue teams. The volunteer organizations assist their local communities to help locate missing persons and aid in times of disaster. Because these organizations are largely non-governmental organizations, they receive no government funding and rely on donations and support from their communities to provide their essential services.
Sign Up for the NAVSAR Newsletter - Stay up to date on all the latest news and happenings. This newsletter is open to the public and can be subscribed to by going to our newsletter page.
*Please note, if you have previously signed up on our Yahoo newletter list, please re-subscibe using the tool below as we will be discontinuing the use of the Yahoo service.
What is NAVSAR?
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NAVSAR was born from the need of volunteer search and rescue teams to have ongoing support. With strength in numbers, teams can obtain better pricing on equipment and supplies. Additionally by creating a central point to obtain public, private, and foundation grants and gifts, NAVSAR aspires to provide teams with the financial ability to secure needed training and equipment.
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An organization of volunteers and managed by volunteers, 100% of funds donated to NAVSAR are used to benefit search and rescue teams.
NAVSAR members will benefit in several ways;
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Financial aid for training, education, and equipment expenses.
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Access to a directory of grants (specific to SAR needs!).
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Grant writing assistance for teams.
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Fundraising tools and ideas.
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Directory of training and certification opportunities.
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Discounted "wholesale cost" equipment and supplies for members.
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Group buying power on large purchases.
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Pre-negotiated discounts on services.
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FREE full featured websites for teams.
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We also hope to develop "Wish Lists" for training, equipment, and supplies and through fundraising and grants and provide these items free as funds allow.
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NAVSAR is pleased to announce web hosting services for SAR teams. Full featured website hosting using easy to use, web-based software makes professional internet presence available to any team.
Click here for more information!
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Volunteer search and rescue teams dedicate time and money
Meet an East Bay rescue crew with a life and death mission, and see why volunteering is not only costing them time, but money.
Search and rescue teams keeping busy
January has been a busy month for search and rescue teams around New Mexico. Nearly 10 life-saving efforts have taken place, including one last week at White Sands National Monument that included a call up of the White Mountain Search and Rescue group's relatively new equestrian team.
Search And Rescue Team Working Near Manitou Reservoir
A search and rescue team has found a man who went missing while hiking near Manitou Reservoir. They're assessing his condition.
Coast to Coast runners spark rescue search
A Search & Rescue Operation was launched about midday today after a group of four runners training for the Coast to Coast race were caught in bad weather.The party of four women who were forced to stop at the Goat Pass Hut after...
Search and Rescue teams prepare for avalanche season
MORES CREEK SUMMIT -- With the snow coming down, it's finally time for winter recreators to get up into the mountains and enjoy it. But that also means it's time for Search and Rescue to train to help those people in case they're in an avalanche. Saturday, the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Team was training for something they're expecting to do this season - finding and pulling people out ...
Injured tramper airlifted
Rakiura Helicopters new Squirrel helicopter had its first outing as Stewart Island's Search & Rescue air service yesterday morning (Thursday 26 January).
Rescue helicopter sent for stranded elderly couple in northwest Queensland
A rescue helicopter’s being used to search for an elderly couple believed to be stranded on a northwest Queensland highway.
Dogs, robot snakes team for search-and-rescue missions
(Credit: Video screenshot by Bonnie Cha/CNET) In the future, robots equipped with tails may help with search-and-rescue missions, but it also could be that robots deployed by those with tails will also have a hand in finding survivors. A new system created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Lab and Ryerson University's Network-Centric Applied Research Team provides another way to get ...
Idaho Search and Rescue teams prepare for avalanche season
MORES CREEK SUMMIT -- With the snow coming down, it's finally time for winter recreators to get up into the mountains and enjoy it. But that also means it's time for Search and Rescue to train to help those people in case they're in an avalanche. Saturday, the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Team was training for something they're expecting to do this season - finding and pulling people out ...
Chevron Suspends Search and Rescue Efforts for Two Missing Contractors
Chevron Corporation said that its subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Limited , has called off the search and rescue activities for two contractors who were missing after Monday’s fire aboard the K.S.
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