Track 15 · Ground Support · unpaid volunteer auxiliary · Idaho

Volunteer Search and Rescue in Idaho.

Who holds SAR authority here, the callouts open right now, the agencies that post them, and the free courses that get you onto a roster.

Join as a volunteer The Ground Support track Agencies: post a callout free

0verified volunteers on the network

0volunteer seats open right now

0volunteer seats filled, last 90 days

0agencies posting callouts

Who you join

SAR authority in Idaho

County sheriffs; volunteer units through the Idaho Office of Emergency Management mutual-aid list.

General information, not legal advice — the agency's own membership rules govern. All states →

Live

Open volunteer callouts in Idaho 0

No volunteer or SAR callouts are broadcasting in Idaho right now. Verified volunteers are paged by text the moment one goes out — join and keep your availability on.

Who posts

Agencies and teams active in Idaho 0

No agency with a public profile has posted a volunteer callout in Idaho yet. Agencies: verify once and post for free.

How to join

Four steps to your first callout

Sign up on Track 15. Create your operator account — a callsign, not your name, is what the network shows.
Take the free courses. FEMA IS-100 and IS-700 online (about six hours), plus an Adult CPR / AED and First Aid card. Upload the certificates to your vault; they verify against the issuer where the issuer allows it, otherwise a person on the desk checks them.
Affiliate with an agency. County sheriffs; volunteer units through the Idaho Office of Emergency Management mutual-aid list. The agency runs the background check; mark Ground Support verified on your profile once it clears.
Keep your availability on. Callouts arrive by text with a one-second hold-to-accept. The reporting location is released when you accept; your muster badge and the 214 live in the app.

What to bring

The Ground Support pack

Government photo ID and a current background check (the agency runs it — bring the paperwork they ask for)
FEMA IS-100 and IS-700 completion certificates (free, online, about six hours together)
Adult CPR / AED and First Aid card (AHA or Red Cross)
Boots, layered clothing for 24 hours, 2 L of water, a headlamp with spare batteries, a whistle, gloves, a small first-aid kit
A charged phone with the READYFORDUTY.NET™ app installed and location on — your muster badge and the callout texts live there
Nothing else: no weapons, no drones, no dogs unless you are a certified K9 team on the roster

The pack attestation on your profile is a self-declaration the agency can rely on at muster; it is not a certification.

Credentials that count

Ground Support credentials in the catalogue

County Sheriff SAR Volunteer / Posse AcademyBasic search academy or volunteer unit membership under the county sheriff, who holds the statutory mandate for inland SAR in most states; background check plus ICS-100 / IS-700.CERT — Community Emergency Response Team (FEMA / Citizen Corps)Basic disaster response, light search and rescue, and staging-area management; the organized non-technical volunteer force local law enforcement calls for large missing-person searches.Civil Air Patrol GES — General Emergency Services (Ground Team)Entry qualification for CAP ground search teams: ground sweeps, radio direction finding, and base-camp operations as the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.NASAR SARTECH IIINon-wilderness / community search operational level.NASAR FUNSAR — Fundamentals of Search and RescueNASAR's entry course: search theory, navigation, clue awareness, and survival skills; the classroom half of SARTECH II.ICS-100Introduction to the Incident Command System.ICS-700National Incident Management System (NIMS) an Introduction.ICS-200Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents.Adult CPR/AED & First Aid (AHA / Red Cross)Lay-responder CPR, AED, and first-aid certification — the baseline medical requirement for entry-level SAR volunteer programs.WFA — Wilderness First AidEntry-level 16-hour wilderness first-aid course (NOLS, WMA, SOLO, Red Cross); patient assessment and improvised care where EMS is hours away.K9-SAR — Search and Rescue Dog Handler (Air-Scent / Trailing)Certified wilderness canine team — air-scent, trailing, or water — through NASAR, state SAR associations, or a recognized canine organization (non-FEMA).

Track 15 Ground Support is an unpaid volunteer auxiliary; paid seats (Tracks 1–14) follow Form I-9 employment-eligibility rules. 3-W is not a substitute for emergency services — in an emergency call 911.