MArine Search volunteers

Marine specialities

Basic Marine Searcher

All members of HASAR shall be Ground Searcher qualified for a year before dedicating full time to Marine. A volunteer, once a General Searcher, can then be trained through the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, of which HASAR shall be detachment; to be qualified for marine SAR.

​SAR I

The first qualification is that of SAR I. The volunteer will undergo both an in-class and on the water phase to qualify as a crewmember on the HASAR vessel.

SAR II

Once trained in SAR I, volunteers can be trained as vessel Coxswain's through SAR II which is again a mix of in class and on water training.

HASAR will include Specialists amoung its BSAR trained volunteers who have enhanced or specialized training to better assist the organization and those agencies working with HASAR. Some of these will include:

​Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Operator

UAS operators shall be commercially trained UAS pilots through HASAR and its accredited training partners. UAS' can be utilized through search, rescues, fire assistance as well as a multitude of natural disaster and large scale event deployments.