Barbour
County Tactical Search and Recovery
Teams, Inc. or BCTSRT, is a small,
non profit, 501 (3) (c) organization
that consists of highly trained and
dedicated volunteers from Barbour,
Randolph, Taylor and surrounding
counties.
We are on call 24 hours a day to assist
Law Enforcement and Emergency Services
in West Virginia and surrounding states
in search operations, at no charge.
We can provide trained and independently
certified canine teams in the following
areas: Trailing, Disaster, Human
Remains Detection in both land and
water, and wilderness search. We can
also provide services in search
management, operations and field
support.
Our members
are also SARTECH II's or ASRC FTMs.
We also provide training to other
agencies and communities in many
different areas including Scent Theory,
Urban Trailing, Search Management and
Operations and other related fields.
We have two West Virginia Fire Service
Instructors available as well.
BCTSRT is the parent organization for
the Mountaineer Working Dog Association,
which is made up of canine handlers and
trainers in Law Enforcement, Corrections
and Private Security. They offer
training and certification testing for
Narcotics, Patrol, Cadaver and Explosives
Detection.
For Deployment Activation Call
Barbour Com at 304-457-5167
BCTSRT and the Search and Rescue community
mourn the loss of our dear friend and
member, David
Anthony Swiger. His loss will be felt
by all of us for the rest of our lives.
January 22, 1959 - January 5, 2008
We make a living by what we get, we make a
life by what we give. All of us die,
but few of us truly live.
Dave gave freely and passionately and truly
lived a full life.
He is survived by his wife, Deanna, who he
deeply loved and supported with great pride
in her search training, two
faithful dogs, Murray and Sis, and a stable full of beloved horses.
We also mourn the passing of our veteran
dogs, who always gave 110% and taught us so
much.
Keyser, Scout, Mangus and Shadow.
Keyser
Mangus
Shadow
Scout
