LandSAR Christchurch

We assist Police with Search & Rescue (SAR) operations suburban, urban, wilderness and rural areas including regional and forest parks, shorelines and caves. LandSAR helps to provide a safety net for the rare occasions when trips into the back country don’t go as planned. We work with the Mountain Safety Council (MSC) to educate everyone about safe practice in outdoor adventure.

Apart from maintaining a reasonable level of personal fitness and owning appropriate quality outdoor equipment and clothing, LandSAR members are committed to train regularly and attend to SAR operations, often at short notice.

Comprehensive training is given to each volunteer on search methods and tracking techniques, bush craft and outdoor skills, map and compass navigation, survival skills, river crossing and water travel, first aid, communications and technology, helicopter operations and safety issues, ropes and weather patterns and effects.

Our SAR operations are provided free of charge to the victim and the government.

HOW DOES SEARCH AND RESCUE WORK?

Search & Rescue relies on the combined efforts of professionals and trained volunteers. The SAR process means finding a lost person through the application of theory and experience in a race against time.

WHAT OTHER ORGANISATIONS DOES SAR WORK TOGETHER WITH?

SAR itself is composed of many organisations such as the Police, the Air Force, 4 wheel-drive clubs, Amateur Radio Emergency Communications, the Red Cross, DOC, Paramedics, and the Coastguard.

DON’T THE POLICE DO SEARCH AND RESCUE?

Yes, but it’s a combined effort that involves many organisations, both professional and volunteer. NZ Police is the lead agency for Land Search & Rescue.