Our Mission
Peace River K9 Search and Rescue is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors and registered as a Florida nonprofit corporation with federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. IRS 27-1584186. Florida State Charity registration CH31988.
Our Mission
To assist local, state, military, federal, and private agencies — and families — as a force multiplier in the recovery of lost, missing, and abducted persons, in urban and wilderness terrain and in natural and manmade disasters, while proactively educating response agencies and the community on volunteer search and rescue.
PRSAR aims to be a leader and a preferred service provider to law enforcement, emergency management, and the community we serve.
Our core values-
Excellence in training
PRSAR achieves excellence through consistent training, continually preparing volunteers and building their skills with current materials and equipment, in order to field the highest-quality search volunteer possible.
Ethics, integrity, and responsibility
PRSAR is founded on solid values and on ethical behavior modeled by our members. That commitment extends outward — to the agencies we work with and to the community we serve.
Effective operations
PRSAR will meet or exceed the level of service expected by the requesting agency or family, while ensuring the safety and well-being of our volunteers and our partners.
Teamwork
We maintain an environment of mutual respect founded on open and honest communication. We recognize the diversity of our own team and the perspectives of other agencies, search-and-rescue teams, and individuals to work together toward common goals.
Fiscal accountability
We emphasize fiscal transparency and accountability, ensuring that expenditures reflect the trust our donors and grant providers place in PRSAR.
Evidence over folklore
Search and rescue attracts a good deal of received wisdom, and some of it does not survive contact with the research. PRSAR works to published consensus standards where they exist, says so plainly where they do not, and does not offer capabilities we cannot document. When the evidence changes, our practice changes with it.
Social media policy
PRSAR does not post search results on the internet or on any social media platform. This is a private matter, and out of respect for the family, we remain silent. PRSAR volunteers sign a confidentiality agreement that includes strict rules on social media posting.
The media does at times mention PRSAR in news reports, and we may repost those mentions to our own platforms. Reposting a news article or a social media post does not indicate endorsement by PRSAR.
Our Mission
To assist local, state, military, federal, and private agencies — and families — as a force multiplier in the recovery of lost, missing, and abducted persons, in urban and wilderness terrain and in natural and manmade disasters, while proactively educating response agencies and the community on volunteer search and rescue.
PRSAR aims to be a leader and a preferred service provider to law enforcement, emergency management, and the community we serve.
Our core values-
Excellence in training
PRSAR achieves excellence through consistent training, continually preparing volunteers and building their skills with current materials and equipment, in order to field the highest-quality search volunteer possible.
Ethics, integrity, and responsibility
PRSAR is founded on solid values and on ethical behavior modeled by our members. That commitment extends outward — to the agencies we work with and to the community we serve.
Effective operations
PRSAR will meet or exceed the level of service expected by the requesting agency or family, while ensuring the safety and well-being of our volunteers and our partners.
Teamwork
We maintain an environment of mutual respect founded on open and honest communication. We recognize the diversity of our own team and the perspectives of other agencies, search-and-rescue teams, and individuals to work together toward common goals.
Fiscal accountability
We emphasize fiscal transparency and accountability, ensuring that expenditures reflect the trust our donors and grant providers place in PRSAR.
Evidence over folklore
Search and rescue attracts a good deal of received wisdom, and some of it does not survive contact with the research. PRSAR works to published consensus standards where they exist, says so plainly where they do not, and does not offer capabilities we cannot document. When the evidence changes, our practice changes with it.
Social media policy
PRSAR does not post search results on the internet or on any social media platform. This is a private matter, and out of respect for the family, we remain silent. PRSAR volunteers sign a confidentiality agreement that includes strict rules on social media posting.
The media does at times mention PRSAR in news reports, and we may repost those mentions to our own platforms. Reposting a news article or a social media post does not indicate endorsement by PRSAR.
