The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team was honored at the Board of Supervisors meeting [Tuesday] morning with a proclamation designating May 2025 as “Search and Rescue Month.”
The Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue Team (SBCSAR) is a highly trained, all-volunteer organization operating under the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, with financial support from two nonprofit organizations: Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue, Inc. (501(c)(3)) provides operational funding, compliance, and oversight, while the Santa Barbara Search and Rescue Foundation raises funds to sustain long-term growth, training, and equipment needs.
SBCSAR has a history of over 60 years of lifesaving service in wilderness, urban, and disaster settings and is comprised of 50 dedicated members, who devoted a total of 20,115 hours to incident responses from 2019-2024…