Bob has operated various types of off-road vehicles over the years and shares the knowledge he has gained from these experiences.  He has more than 31 years of experience in emergency services, as a volunteer firefighter, an EMT, and as a Search and Rescue team member.  For the past seven years, he has performed searches utilizing ATV’s. He was also a Fire Training Officer and has presented public fire prevention programs.  Currently, he teaches the ATV Safety Course as a POST certified instructor.  

Jack has been a Washoe County School teacher for 29 years, and has been a member of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Special Vehicle Unit for seven years.  Jack has gone through the training that Marine Sonic, the company that builds this particular side-scan sonar system, presents.  He has developed training for members interested in learning the system, and has put together the class presentation.  Jack participates in three of the four areas of responsibility with the Special Vehicle Unit – ATV’s, Marine, and Snowcat.

Mary has been involved in SAR operations since 2000 with the Washoe County Sheriff Hasty Team. Since that time she has participated in approximately 50 searches for lost people and victims of crime, both high profile and less publicized missions. In 2005 she was invited to join the elite YODOGS, which is the SAR dog unit for Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks. She joined Lassen National Park’s SAR dog unit in 2006. She is currently on the Board of Directors of Wilderness Finders Search Dog Teams, the oldest SAR dog unit in the United States.

Mary and her search dog “Mica” have maintained OES recognized certification in wilderness, avalanche and cadaver since 2002. Mica’s most notable find was a homicide victim buried for 10 years at a 65’ depth in the ground.

Ed has been a member of Washoe County SAR since 2001 and has extensive knowledge of survival skills which he passes on to affiliate SAR groups. Ed is a Marine Corps.  veteran who served in 1967-1970. Aside from that, Ed have always enjoyed being in the out of doors and has had the pleasure to be on may search missions that have had both failed and successful survival episodes.

Fernando is a Nevada POST instructor for man-tracking and is a foremost advanced man-tracker / instructor in the search and rescue field. 

Fernando explains the techniques of tracking, clue-finding, and sign-cutting and is a motivational trainer of his inspired art and skills. Fernando also assists law enforcement agencies in crime scene and tactical tracking missions.

Eric has been involved with Search & Rescue in Washoe County since 2002 with an additional 2 years of experience in EMS.  He has extensive training and experience in all aspects of SAR, with a focus on Technology for SAR, Medical and Evacuations.  Eric is currently one of two POST Certified ELT Instructors in the State of Nevada, he is licensed as an EMT-Basic in Nevada & Michigan, holds certification from Dive Rescue Intl in Dive Medicine.  In the past, he has been an instructor for the Washoe County Teams in ELT, Medical, Evacuations, Low-Angle Rescue, Communications and Land Navigation. Eric is currently the Communications Officer for Washoe County Search and Rescue, Inc., and has previously been the Medical Committee Chairman for the Washoe County Sheriff’s Hasty Team

SAR ICP team, Tulare County, CA

Prior CERT Program Coordinator and Citizen Corps for Tulare and Kings Counties (Homeland Security program) in CA; State of CA CERT Workgroup, Citizen Corps representative

NASAR Mounted SAR committee chair

Active in development of national standards for SAR and Mounted SAR through ASTM 

Authorized instructor for SAR, Mounted SAR, CERT, ICS and NIMS

Experience in multi-operational area incidents working with unified command

Published author of numerous articles

Nationally recognized conference speaker (SAR, CERT)

Paint horse breeder: CEOates Ranch

Member, Backcountry Horsemen of California, Sequoia Unit

Prior 8 years law enforcement (Reserve Police Officer, California)

John Mohler is a long time EMS’er (32-years worth) starting as an EMT-B in Reno, Nevada and a  graduate of the Orvis School of Nursing with  a BS in Nursing (1985).

Joined Care Flight as a flight nurse in 1989 and flew until 1996. After a 5-year hiatus he resumed with Care Flight as a Critical Care Transport Nurse. John is also the owner/ operator of an EMS and Nursing education.

Ms. Kimberly R. Kelly Falconer is a reserve lieutenant and SAR volunteer with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Kimberly is primarily assigned as the head of the Training Unit with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team. She also served as training sergeant for the mounted, training and underwater search and recovery units, acting lieutenant for the training unit, as well as certified as a technical rescue specialist and medical unit support personnel.

Raymond is past President of the Sierra Nevada Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team located in Reno, Nevada.  He is currently a faculty member of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), and instructs classes in Individual Crisis Intervention; Peer Support; Pastoral Crisis Intervention, and Group Crisis Intervention.  Raymond received his Ph.D. in Traumatology in December 2006.  He works with law enforcement personnel and other first responders as a Traumatologist and law enforcement chaplain in and around the Reno, Nevada area, as well as northern California.

David retired in 2005 as a Sergeant, supervising the Forensic Investigation Section of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab. He has over twenty-nine years experience in all aspects of crime scene investigation including comparison of latent prints, crime scene preservation, blood spatter analysis and photography.

Prior to serving 15 years with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, David was employed with the Reno Police Department as a Crime Scene Technician and with the Glendale, California Police Department as a Senior Identification Technician. During his career he has been involved in solving many high profile murder cases, including spending over a year as a member of the Hillside Strangler Task Force in Southern California. David has chosen to continue to provide his expertise as CEO of Forensic Technical Alliance, a forensic consulting firm to legal professionals and to the law enforcement community throughout the country.

Kevin is the immediate past president of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Hasty Team.  He has over 21 years experience in various search and rescue disciplines, and is currently a team leader in the disciplines of Back Country, Dive and Swift Water for the Sheriff’s Office.  Starting out of college as a district executive and camp director for the Boy Scouts of America, Kevin has a long history of both teaching about and exploring the outdoors.  As an avid hiker, he has spent numerous hours learning and practicing his navigational skills.

Adrienne Abbott is a Broadcast Consultant who specializes in FCC compliance issues, emergency planning and the coordination between news, engineering and disaster management. She also teaches classes on Media Relations and on Public Warning through the Emergency Alert System for civic officials, information officers, law enforcement officials and public relations professionals.

Adrienne has been the Nevada Chair of the State Emergency Communications Committee since 1995. She helped set up EAS in Nevada and wrote the various state and local EAS plans. She has also helped develop the AMBER Alert in Nevada and sits on the Governor’s AMBER Alert Review Committee. She has testified in the Nevada Legislature about both EAS and AMBER Alert.

Adrienne has won numerous awards and citations for her work including an Emmy nomination in 2003 for her 11 O’Clock newscast that featured the station’s coverage of the crash of a U-S Forest Service air tanker near Walker, California. The dramatic footage captured by KOLO’s Chief Photographer prompted investigations into the air-worthiness of the large tanker fleet.  She also won the California-Nevada Associated Press Nevada Documentary of the Year for a program on the search for missing Vietnam-era prisoners of war.