Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue typically has 500 volunteers, but as we head into the busy season, it's down 60 people.
It has been a decade since the Oso landslide swept through Oso, taking 43 lives. is a non-profit organization that typically has 500 volunteers on hand. But as we head into the organization’s busy season, it is down 60 people, which means added work on the present volunteers.“I don’t know specifically, other than this day and age there’s a lot of things that people can be into, and are interested in that compete for their attention.
And then once you’ve done those two things, you would then have a background check by the sheriff’s department, can’t have convicted felons. And when you pass that, then you are a member of the search and rescue. But at that point, you’re not able to go out in the field yet. Because there’s quite a bit of training mandated that you have to have and before we will let you go out on a mission,” he continued.
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