Platte County Search And Rescue

05/11/2026

02/25/2026

Hello everyone. I wanted to take a moment and give a brief update for 2026. In January each year, elections are held for our officer positions. Your officers for the year are:
Brian Johnson. President
Ben Droscher. Vice President
Erin Hale. Secretary/Treasurer

Regular meetings are held every other month (at this time) on the second Thursday of the month. Meetings are on the odd numbered months.

If you are interested in joining, dues are $10 for the calendar year. There are some required trainings.

01/17/2026

𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐀𝐑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞.

Every time a hiker is rescued, the same reactions flood social media.

They usually fall into five groups:

• Thanking Search & Rescue for their service
• Expressing gratitude that the hiker is alive
• Blaming the hiker for “putting SAR at risk”
• Calling the hiker names
• Complaining that “their tax dollars” paid for the rescue/or the hiker should be fined.

Only the first two save lives.

The others create something dangerous: fear of asking for help.

When people see injured hikers publicly shamed, mocked, or accused of being a burden, it influences decisions in critical moments.

And that’s how a rescue becomes a recovery.
That’s how injuries become fatalities.

Search & Rescue would rather be called early — when someone is cold, lost, or hurt — than later, when they are unconscious, hypothermic, or missing.

The ugly comments may never disappear, but we hope some will pause before adding another one.

Shame doesn’t make the mountains safer. It makes them deadlier.
Early calls mean smaller searches, safer rescues, and better outcomes — for everyone.

The goal is not to punish people for needing help.
The goal is to get them home alive.

— Fowler-O’Sullivan Foundation

01/16/2026

Hard-core emergencies, better to not watch if you are squeamish.

01/16/2026

Hard core emergencies-better to not watch if you are squeamish-

01/01/2026

The dogs don’t recognize holidays. They continue with their Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday schedule of training.

07/12/2025

07/06/2025

07/06/2025

Koa finding her subject.