SCCSSAR | 2019 Mock Search
Santa Clara County Sheriff Search and Rescue’s 2019 Mock Search.
Our SCCSSAR team, partnered with over a dozen different mutual aid, support, and operations agencies descended on Joseph Grant County Park to participate in a large-scale mock search exercise. This mock search was intended to simulate a real world search exercise, giving our SCCSSAR Academy members their first taste of a coordinated search effort, and our regular teams an opportunity to hone their skills.
Cal Fire flew over 10 different helicopter sorties, ferrying team members and equipment around their search assignments, with members of the Civil Air Patrol monitoring from overhead and on the ground. Cisco’s Tactical Operations integrated with our own operations command and provided a secure internet connection and a mobile conference room to base our operations out of. AT&T deployed their FirstNet cellular network via a portable cell tower and drone to provide cellular service to our ground teams. The Army National Guard provided GPS trackers for our operations teams to monitor team progress in real time.
Our Academy members got their first taste of what to expect during a multi-agency/mutual aid search, and performed search operations with members from our own SCCSSAR team, as well as teams from Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Santa Clara Parks, and others. Our ground teams honed their medical, navigation, communications, and rigging skills during this exercise.
We would like to thank all of the agencies and partners involved for participating.
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