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| ABOUT THE HORNBECK SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM |
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| The Hornbeck Search and Rescue Team, LLC is a division of the Shawn Hornbeck Foundation which is an IRS recoginized Not for Profit, 501(c)(3) organization operating in the State of Missouri. The team was formed at the same time as the foundation to help provide searching services for missing children and adults in Missouri and Illinois. In 2010 the Shawn Hornbeck Search and Rescue Team approved the dropping of 'Shawn' from the published name of the team. This was done in order to help rebrand the team as a group that helps search for all missing persons, not just the once missing Shawn Hornbeck whom the team was named after. The team is completly comprised of volunteers who dedicate their time to help others and is funded complely by donations! We operate in any weather condition, day or night, 365 days a year! Our services are offered to Law Enforcement, Fire Departments and other Emergency Service organizations FREE of charge. |
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| HISTORY THE HORNBECK SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM |
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| The Shawn Hornbeck Search and Rescue Team was co-formed by Craig Akers and Chris Diamond, the primary leadership members of the search for then missing 11 year old Shawn Hornbeck from Richwoods, Missouri. Family, friends and volunteers also came together and searched for Shawn when he vanished from near his home in October of 2002. After tens of thousands of man hours searching for Shawn and learning techniques of how to properly search the group of dedicated volunteers decided that they would form an official Search and Rescue Team that would help search for other missing loved ones.
Since the early creation of the team the team has undergone many changes including the type of team that is available to the Emergency Services community. The team began as a ground search unit until our first official K-9, Trax, was introduced to the team on New Years of 2003. After this addition to the team the K-9 division of the team exploded! We at one point had 18 K-9's that were in various stages of training or certifications with every member of the team training and working a K-9.
As with any organization that has been around for several years our membership has come and gone and been replaced by new dedicated volunteers who have continued our mission of helping others in times of need. As new members have come in to replace ones that have gone to pursue other aspects of their lives our team focus has changed from the K-9 focused to a team that dedicates itself to Ground Search specialists. We also have become known for a very unique talent and service that we offer, Search Command Operations. Most teams do not have the skills, resources or dedication to helping actually plan and execute an actual search from the command side of things. We help local agencies with resources such as planning, operations and logistics to help with the execution of an actual search. Most agencies do not train for a missing person so their knowledge is limited in how to actually conduct a safe and throuough search, but that is where we excel!
In 2009 we began construction of our largest asset to date, our Mobile Command Center. The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation purchased a 20 seat shuttle bus for the team to use to have a complete resource tool available for searching. This Mobile Command Center will be a very unique tool for Search and Rescue Teams as there are no other vehicles like this that will be dedicated entirely to Search and Rescue. The bus will be equipped with computers, networking, printing, meeting space, communications and more! |
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The Hornbeck Search and Rescue Team, LLC is a division of the Shawn Hornbeck Foundation, an IRS 501(c)(3) Not for Profit Organization © 2002 - 2012 - All Rights Reserved |