Commonwealth of Virginia Search and Rescue
Compass
The Internal Website for Commonwealth of Virginia Search and Rescue Resources
Announcements
Updated: February 6, 2024
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Training Opportunities
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updated: March 22. 2024SAR Mapping Workshop
4-5 May 2024
16 hours - 0800-1700 Daily
James City County Law Enforcement Center, Community Room
4600 Opportunity Way, Williamsburg, VA
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/P7jfefgyL4dSsWja7
Lead Instructor: Billy Chrimes - billy.chrimes@covsar.org
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updated: March 14, 2024VASARCO Winter Series Virtual Presentations:
Bi-Montly Thursdays at 1900 Hours starting February 8th
2/8 - "2023 Missions in Review" with Bryan Saunders, VDEM (will not be recorded)
2/22 - "Human Decomposition Awareness" with Cath Bennion, PSAR/SARTI
3/7 - "The Search for Human Remains" with Ted Andrus, SARTI (will not be recorded)
3/21 - "Interviewing/Missing Subject Questionnaire" with Melissa Weeks, BD/SARTI
4/4 - "Body Fluid Exposure (BFE)2024" official update with Sally Dickinson, VDEM/VSRDA
FOR ALL MEETINGS: Time zone: America/New_York Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/nev-brwc-dcn
Or dial: (US) +1 317-528-0766 PIN: 720 410 057#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/nev-brwc-dcn?pin=4189654828982
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updated: March 14, 2024Virginia SAR Conference
April 18-21, 2024
Holiday Lake 4H Center, Appomattox, VA
Two Day Pre-Conference Courses Thursday - Friday
SAR Competition - Friday Evening
Plenary Session - Saturday Morning
General Sessions - Saturday - Sunday
Awards, Raffle, etc. - Saturday Evening
Registration and Additional Information at vasarcon.org
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updated: February 6, 2024Body Fluid Exposure Prevention Annual Requirement
In order to successfully meet the requirements for certification or re-certification you must meet the annual requirement for completing this training. It takes less than 1 hour for most and you can re-take the learning check until you reach at least an 80%.
The 2024 version is now available.
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Please send or share any pictures of group activities, training, appropriate mission pictures, and anything else you you like to see added to the slide deck or announcements to Compass@covsar.org.
Mission Activity
2023 Mission Log
For more details see the 2023 Missions Page
For 2022 missions please see the 2022 Missions Page.
