Alpha Team K9 Search & Rescue

Alpha Team K9 Search & Rescue We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization providing immediate call-out services to the southeastern United States.

Alpha Team K9 Search and Rescue (ATSAR) has a mission to train, certify, and deploy highly qualified field support, search dog teams, and other assets to assist law enforcement and other public safety agencies in the search for missing persons. Alpha Team K9 Search & Rescue (ATSAR) was formed to provide all of the skills and teamwork necessary to bring the best resources, K9s, and personnel to mis

sing or lost persons search and rescue missions. Alpha Team is a highly capable, professional response team with the experience and willingness to respond to all types of lost or missing person search and rescue emergencies. Our team can provide air scent, scent specific trailing and human remains detection K9 resources, incident command, navigational expertise, radio communications, ground searchers, and search and rescue specialist teams for your urban, suburban, rural, wilderness and water search operations. Alpha Team K9 SAR (ATSAR) does not charge for our services and will respond at no cost for all types of search emergencies.

Search and Rescue has a pretty legendary history. 🏔️Long before high-tech GPS trackers or advanced radios, Swiss monks i...
06/25/2026

Search and Rescue has a pretty legendary history. 🏔️

Long before high-tech GPS trackers or advanced radios, Swiss monks in the 1700s realized that St. Bernards had an incredible natural knack for finding travelers buried deep under the Alpine snow.

The gear has changed a lot since then, but the core mission—and the unmatched power of a dog’s nose—remains exactly the same.

06/24/2026

Teamwork makes the dream work—even in pitch-black fields. 🌙✨

Check out K9 Varya and the team putting in the night shifts. Tracking down "injured farmer" Kim looks wild from the ground, but watching the drone POV track Varya’s glowing collar through the crops is absolutely mesmerizing. Good girl, Varya! 🏅🐾

Half Malinois, half Bloodhound, 100% focused on the trail. 🐕💨Meet Jax, one of our trailing K9s in training! With a mix l...
06/22/2026

Half Malinois, half Bloodhound, 100% focused on the trail. 🐕💨

Meet Jax, one of our trailing K9s in training! With a mix like that, he’s got the best of both worlds: a world-class sniffer and the high-speed energy to back it up.

He’s currently learning how to tune out the distractions of the world and follow a single scent line straight to the target. Judging by that happy, determined face, he’s absolutely loving the job!

Wishing a very Happy Father’s Day to all the incredible dads celebrating today! We hope you get to kick back and enjoy y...
06/21/2026

Wishing a very Happy Father’s Day to all the incredible dads celebrating today! We hope you get to kick back and enjoy your day. Side note: Buc-ee is officially claiming his #1 Dad status here—and as a proud papa to a few litters, he’s definitely part of the club!

To celebrate, let’s hear your best (or worst) dad jokes. Share your favorites in the comments!

Never underestimate the power of a hound nose (or the speed of those legs!). 🐕🔍Ember is out here proving that you don’t ...
06/20/2026

Never underestimate the power of a hound nose (or the speed of those legs!). 🐕🔍

Ember is out here proving that you don’t have to be the biggest dog on the team to be an absolute powerhouse on the trail. Trailing requires immense focus to ignore all the distracting forest smells and stick to one specific scent line, but Ember makes it look easy.

Show some love for our favorite pocket-sized tracking machine in the comments!

Look ma, no hands! 🛸👋Welcome to Search and Rescue in the modern age. With "waypoint navigation," our drone operators can...
06/18/2026

Look ma, no hands! 🛸👋

Welcome to Search and Rescue in the modern age. With "waypoint navigation," our drone operators can map out a precise grid search before the drone even leaves the ground. Once it’s up, the drone does the flying entirely on its own, scanning the area with incredible accuracy.

In fact, our advanced drone, Pegasus, takes autonomous flight a step further. Equipped with professional-grade thermal imaging and AI tracking, Pegasus can lock on and automatically follow specific teams on the ground to keep everyone safe and coordinated.

It’s like cruise control, but for saving lives.

Meet Pegasus and the rest of our fleet at atsar.org/our-drones.

Big birthday energy from a dog who never stops working that incredible nose. Happy Birthday, Boogie! 🤎May your day be fi...
06/17/2026

Big birthday energy from a dog who never stops working that incredible nose. Happy Birthday, Boogie! 🤎

May your day be filled with fresh trails, favorite toys, and absolutely zero baths after tracking through the mud.

That pure "it’s my birthday and I have a toy!" joy! 🎾💨A massive Happy Birthday to the happiest yellow lab on the team, S...
06/16/2026

That pure "it’s my birthday and I have a toy!" joy! 🎾💨

A massive Happy Birthday to the happiest yellow lab on the team, Sierra! Whether she’s training hard or zooming through the woods, her energy is unmatched. Drop a birthday wish below for this certified good girl!

Moses's daily checklist:Suns out? ✅Tongues out? ✅Clearing the sector? ✅Being the happiest boy on the team? 💯% ✅
06/15/2026

Moses's daily checklist:
Suns out? ✅
Tongues out? ✅
Clearing the sector? ✅
Being the happiest boy on the team? 💯% ✅

I FOUND THEM!!! I REPEAT, I FOUND THEM!!!" 📣🐾That is the unmistakable sound of Team Varya making a successful find! As a...
06/13/2026

I FOUND THEM!!! I REPEAT, I FOUND THEM!!!" 📣🐾

That is the unmistakable sound of Team Varya making a successful find! As an Area Search K9, Varya’s job is to sweep huge sections of wilderness, sniffing the wind to pick up any human scent in the area.

When she catches it and tracks it down, she lets the whole forest—and her handler—know loud and proud. There is absolutely no hiding the joy of a job well done!

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