King County Search and Rescue Incident Support Team
The Incident Support Team provides mission glue between KCSO and KCSARA Units. During missions, we provide administration, record keeping, radio logging, and "other duties as assigned". We provide ICS expertise before, during, and after missions, assisting with plan development and execution. Our name says it all.
Age minimum of 21 is required due to the sensitive nature of the information we work with.
Additional requirements include an amateur radio license, sometime during the first year, and all of the WAC qualifications for a field qualified SAR State Emergency Worker. We, however, do not go into the backcountry as do the ground units such as ESAR.
Side note: The Washington State field requirements allow IST members to be in base. KCSARA has a higher requirement for heading into the backcountry, that can be achieved by joining another unit such as ESAR. Many IST members are also members of other units. This provides us with better appreciation and understanding of all the unit's operations and allows us to effect a better mission operation.
Any questions, feel free to contact us at KCSARIST@KCSARA.org
Let's go get 'em!
Last updated on June 06, 2010.