NYS Federation of Search & Rescue Teams

Team 17. Oswego County Pioneer Search and Rescue

Area Serviced	Oswego County and surrounding areas. Willing to go anywhere
Activation	Contact Oswego County 911 Center at (800) 962-4433 or (315) 349-8501.
Skills	One Air Scent K9s. Three Certified Visual Trackers. Grid teams. Six (6) DEC Team Leaders. Members are DEC trained and competent in Search Procedures, Map & Compass, Land Navigation, and GPS.
Equipment	All Equipment necessary to carry out search. String, flagging, flashlights, snow shoes, flares (ground & air). One 12 foot Jon Boat, Polaris 6x6 Ranger ATV, multiple GPS's.
Radios	Primary Frequency 155.160Mhz. Twelve (12) handheld multi-channel radios. Four mobile (4) VHF High Band Radios (four EF Johnson Multinet 800Mhz.)  Trailer Communications include high and low band, EF Johnson MultiNet, UHF, 2M and 70cm Amateur, MarineVHF, CB, GPS. .
Medical	Three (3) EMT-D's. Most members trained in Wilderness First Aid. One BLS First Aid Field Pack. One Oxygen tank. Two (2) stokes stretcher: wire mesh and fiberglass. Skedco SKED rescue system, Trail litter carrier, Scoop Stretcher, backboards.
Technical	Members are trained to Awareness level for tech rescue. Five members certified in Ice Rescue. Access to equipment.
Maps	All Topos of Oswego County and most of NYS. Specialized maps of local parks and hunting clubs. MapTech computer USGS Maps.  NYS Orthophotographic maps on CD-Rom.
Additional	Team's 7'x14' heated communications and command trailer. 1KW and 5KW Generators. Crew Cab GMC Sierra, 4WD with cap.
Website	http://www.oswegosar.org

Coordinator Roger Fox 270 South Railroad St Parish, NY 13131 (315) 625-7266 (H) (315) 427-2079 (C) Email:rogerf0x@aol.com

Ass't Coordinator Mike Hurlbut 46 Leo Mar Drive Fulton, NY 13069 (315) 593-7902 (H) (315) 529-7339 (C) Email:Aahurlbut@aol.com

Secretary Eileen Teeter 3877 County Route 57 Wolcott, NY 13126 (315) 594-9533 (H) (315) 730-4968 (C) Email:eileendon@peoplepc.com

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