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Wilderness Search and Rescue Team, also known as Wilderness Rescue was formed in 1979 to assist conservation and law enforcement agencies in searches for lost persons in the forest and wilderness areas of New York State. The team consists of two units- The Rescue Unit, and the K-9 Unit. This non-profit organization is made up of volunteers from Onondaga County who receive intense training to provide them with the necessary skills to be part of an organized search.
After approximately 10 years of operation the members of the team became aware of the shortcomings of being a small and specialized organization and similarly saw the advantages of joining with a larger and more established one. As a result WSAR merged with NAVAC in January of 2001, and today functions as an operating unit of NAVAC.
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