London Search and Rescue Team: Fall Auction 2023

The London Search and Rescue (LSAR) team consists of 83 trained professional volunteers and 20 trainees. We are the only ground search and rescue team located within 100km of London, ON and are called upon by the London Police Services, OPP and several other local police services to help locate missing persons. We have been operating for 21 years.

There is a demonstrated need for a volunteer search and rescue team in London.
The citizens we search for are often physically or mentally vulnerable and their lives or
well being are in jeopardy. The purpose of our team—to search for vulnerable
persons—touches our entire community.

We were designated a registered charity in April 2022. Since then, community support
has flourished and LSAR has responded to every single call placed by police forces for
assistance. Our team is on call 24 hours-a-day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year in all
types of weather. Today, we are pleased to have upgraded navigation and
communication equipment and to have more members fully trained than prior to the
pandemic. However, we receive no municipal, provincial or federal funding and rely on
fundraising to secure our operations. The auction is our largest fundraiser of the year and helps us to cover our core operating expenses: liability insurance, equipment insurance, activation cell phone, Search Operation Expenses (refreshments, propane, command post gas, first aid supplies), training, equipment, and uniforms. With an increase in missing persons due to mental health issues, police forces are calling us more now than ever, and we could use more support funding our core operations.

Proudly Serving all police forces within 150km of London for 21 years:

The London Search and Rescue Team
14 Meredith Drive, Ilderton, Ontario N0M 2A0
Charitable Registration No.: 70931 0478 RR0001
www.lsar.ca

About The London Search and Rescue Team

The London Search and Rescue team are trained professional volunteers that assist all police forces within 150 km of London, ON in the search for missing persons. We are the only volunteer ground SAR team in our area, and are 100% volunteer run.

Each searcher on our team is trained in search patterns, missing person behaviour, psychology of survival, orienteering, map and compass work, GPS and Radio usage, evidence handling, administering first aid and several other skill sets. Several members have advanced training in man-tracking, emergency management, medical first responder, and search management. You can learn more about LSAR on Facebook or Instagram.

The London Search and Rescue team, in addition to searching for missing persons, runs a preventative educational program called AdventureSmart. This program was developed in British Columbia and we have 20 certified instructors who deliver free educational courses to the public with a focus on educating youth. The courses we teach are called Hug-a-tree and survive, Survive outside, Paddlesmart, Survive outside Snowmobiling, and Snow Safety. To learn more about this program you can view it here: https://www.adventuresmart.ca/programs/#.

We rely on donations and grants to fund the operations of our team. We receive no funding from any level of government so we greatly appreciate the businesses and community that donated to this auction. Thank you in advance for supporting your local search and rescue team by bidding on this auction.

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