Search Systems Incorporated: Technical Search & Surveillance Equipment

Below are a collection of news articles and photos pertaining to Search Systems in action. Click on the photos below for a larger veiw.
Keith Bevan Plans Team, UT-TF 1	Hurricane Katrina Recovery Operations Victim of hurricane Katrina, Long Beach, MS. UT-TF 1 Recovery Operation. Searchcam was inserted under 8 layers of debris, approx 7' deep.
	La Canada Rescue Operation, October 4, 2005 This photo was taken post-rescue in La Canada on 10-4-05 where a visiting boy jumped on a "soft spot in the grass". Responders initially suspected it was an abandoned septic tank. Victim was conscious, 35' down, partially submerged in 10' of water. Engine and Truck crews employed skills from Rescue Systems 1, Trench Rescue, and Confined Space Rescue classes. They used plywood from a construction site, ventilated with BA cylinders and hose, assembled a ladder A-frame with rope raising system, and, from the surface, talked the victim into webbing chest and wrist harnesses. Minor injuries. The apparent water well, approx.20" in diameter, was unknown to the long-time resident. Air monitor readings afterwards near water level indicated 19.2% O2 and zero CO, H2S, LEL. Searchcam CableProbe was used for the rescue operation.
AP Photo	Guinsaugon village landslide, February 17, 2006. Rescue team members from the countries of Malaysia and Taiwan use their Delsar® LifeDetector® listening devices to search for survivors of a landslide in the Philippine Islands. The landslide struck the village of Guinsaugon on February 17, 2006. As many as 1300 people were killed and the village was completely engulfed in the mud. It is estimated that the village was buried under 30 meters of mud and rock. A battalion of US Marines also joined the multinational rescue force on the scene.
AP Photo	Searchcam® In Action at California Mudslide California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger observes as rescuers use a Searchcam® Recon to locate victims of a mudslide in La Conchita, California in January 2005. Search teams from several California fire agencies, including Ventura County, Los Angles County, Los Angles City and the City of Long Beach, conducted search operations for approximately 72 hours to locate the 10 victims of the mudslide. The search teams used several Searchcam® systems, including the Searchcam 2000 VLS, SuperProbe and Recon and Delsar® Life Detectors to conduct around the clock search operations, with much of the operations carried out during record rainfall. The mudslide destroyed two blocks of homes and was caused by heavy rainfall from a series of Pacific storms.
AP Photo/Bob Bird	Charleston Fire Department demonstrates the Searchcam. Charleston Fire Dept. Captain and state Urban Search and Rescue team member Rodney Winter, left, demonstrates the Searchcam 2000 used to locate victims in a building collapse to Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., center, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, right, in front of the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Monday, Nov. 3, 2003. Ridge was in West Virginia to announce another round of state and local homeland security grants. West Virginia Homeland Security director Joe Martin, back center, Charleston Fire Dept. Lt. David Wagner, center right, and state Office of Emergency Services Regional Response manager Neal Sharp, back left, are also shown.
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson	Chicago building collapse A member of the Chicago Fire Department holds the Searchcam Legacy System Model 1000 used to look beneath rubble during a search for possible victims of a partial building collapse Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004 in Chicago. Part of the building was apparently knocked down as a demolition crew worked on an adjacent building according to a fire department spokeswoman.

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