Weekly Digest
SAR Times Weekly — May 14, 2026
FEMA, drones, and rescues... it's another busy week in global SAR!
Ryan Erickson
Ryan is a PMI-ACP certified program manager and 20+ year Coast Guard veteran who served as a C-130 Navigator, SAR Planner, and Atlantic Area SAR Mission Coordinator and Area SME. He now serves as Chief Data Officer at IASARC.
When the Monster Arrives: Is Anyone Ready?
A Super El Niño is Building. The West Coast Has a SAR Problem.
Weekly Digest
SAR Times Weekly — May 7, 2026
Two active searches are running this week with no resolution yet, with families waiting for news at the Grand Canyon and the Bahamas.
Policy Review
U.S. Coast Guard Formalizes the SAR Mission Manager: A Quiet Policy Shift With Loud Implications
Turning SAR Mission Planning from Collateral Duty into a Defined Competency
Newsletter
Spring Rescues and Rising Stakes: SAR Times Weekly, April 30, 2026
Spring brought a busy week for SAR teams across North America and beyond. From tornado-struck Oklahoma to a remote Arizona mountain range where a 76-year-old veteran survived five days alone, responders worked across terrain, weather, and water to bring people home. Drone technology continued to prove its
Policy Review
Canada's SAR NIF: What the 2026 Federal Funding Announcement Means for the Global SAR Community
Canada recently invested CAD $2.86 million in SAR innovation and opened a new funding cycle. Here's what the SAR NIF is, what it covers, and why it matters beyond Canada's borders.
News
SAR Times and IASARC: An Official Partnership
Search and rescue news, now backed by the community it covers.
SAR Times Weekly — April 23, 2026
This week's digest brings you 12 stories from across the search and rescue world, covering events from April 14-23, 2026. From a dramatic 24-hour ice entrapment in Alaska to AI entering the field in new ways, it's been an active week for the SAR
Weekly Digest
SAR Times Weekly — April 16, 2026
This week's digest covers 12 stories from across the global search and rescue community, spanning the week+ of April 7-16, 2026. From dramatic open-ocean rescues to a milestone 100th rescue in 100 days, the SAR world has been busy. Also in focus: a major policy shift
Weekly Digest
SAR Times Weekly — April 9, 2026
This week's digest covers 12 stories from across the search and rescue world, spanning the period March 27 – April 9, 2026. Highlights include the dramatic combat SAR mission in Iran following the downing of a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle, multiple Coast Guard rescues at sea, new
Weekly Digest
SAR Times Weekly — April 2, 2026
This week's digest brings you 12 stories from across the global search and rescue community, covering incidents from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, emerging drone and robotics technology, policy developments, and community news — spanning March 24 – April 2, 2026. 🔴 Cases & Operations Italian Coast Guard Finds 19 Migrants