Texas Search and Rescue (TEXSAR) is saddened by the devastating floods that have impacted our state over the last two weeks. This tragic loss of life and property has shaken our local communities. TEXSAR deployed to the Blanco River floods in the early morning hours of Sunday May 24th, directly from another deployment located almost 250 miles away. The first morning our team was able to perform 37 water rescues in Martindale, Texas. Since that time, our team has spent...
At approximately 3:30 AM on the morning of January 21, 2015, Texas Search And Rescue (TEXSAR) deployed to the Pace Bend area in Spicewood, just off of the Colorado River, at the request of the Travis County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) to assist with a search for a missing man. TEXSAR deployed 8 personnel and 2 K9s, including Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR), Flood and Swiftwater Rescue (FAST), K9 and Incident Management Team (IMT) resources, in support of this request. At approximately 08:30...
On three consecutive weekends TEXSAR was called to aid in searches for missing swimmers along the San Marcos River. The first search started with a call on the evening of August 9 for a 20-year-old male tuber had been missing since that afternoon near Martindale, TX. Units from Chisholm Trail Fire Rescue‘s swift water rescue team, San Marcos SMART Divers, TEXSAR, Maxwell VFD, Martindale Vol. Fire Department, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Caldwell County Sheriffs...
