It started many moons ago, in a county far far away. . . . .

• Search is the activity of locating and recovering persons either in distress, potential distress, stranded or missing. Now once the object or person is located; Rescue is where the victim is extracted and deliver them to a place of safety.

• Rampart Search and Rescue has been designated as the search and rescue provider for Adams County, Colorado by Sheriff Douglas N. Darr under statutory authority. Rampart is also a member of the Colorado Search and Rescue Board and is listed as a state asset in the Colorado Resource Mobilization Plan.

Board of Directors

• Dave Haskin - Director, Acting Treasurer
  Dave started in rescue work back in 1973. After 20 years in Kansas City he moved back to Colorado and started Rampart Search and Rescue in 1997.

• Dave Bell - Vice President
  Dave started his rescue service after attending one of the CERT training classes held at the North Washington Fire Department. Dave is the team's Vice President and is the director of the search dog team.

• Charles Kirmuss - Board of Directors
  Charles has been the chief technology engineer for several companies in Denver. He has worked with the city and county of Denver on several projects such as cameras on Colfax Ave and school buses. Currently he is owner of Infinity Radios and Infinity Gear providing radios and GPS microphones with contracts with the USA and off shore governments.

• Scott Shape RN - Board of Directors, Chief Medical Officer
  Scott has worked with several hospitals in Denver in the ER. He also is our main medical instructor for the team. The teams medical advisor is with St. Anthony's Central Hospital ER in Denver, Colorado. Scott is an RN working in the ER of St. Anthony's Central in Denver.

• Jean Schell - Board of Directors, Secretary
  Jean started with RSAR working with our dog team. On his time off, he is one of our main volunteers and can always be counted on to be there. Also Jean is HazMat certified.

 Division Leads

• Terry Bell - Explorers Advisor
  Even thou several RSAR members are Explorer Advisors, Terry is the one that heads up this division of the team. The Explorers train along side our regular members and can work with our K9 team and dog handlers.

• Dave Bell - Search Dogs Director
  Our Vice resident and is also our K9 director. He helps in all aspects of the K9 training (Terry Bell wife) also is heavily involved in the K9 group.

• Dave Haskin - Radio Officer
  He has been working with radios all of his life, CB, GMRS and Short Wave back when he was in High School. His background with TV Broadcasting and Law Enforcement is a perfect match for this job. He keeps us talking.

• Charles Kirmuss - Training Officer
  His background as a Firefighter Engineer, coupled with his technology background make him the best person for the job.

• Robert Haberer - Explorer Lead, EMT
  He started out a few years ago as an Explorer, but quickly advanced to Capt of the Explorers. And now that he has advanced to full member, Rob can teach First Aid, CPR and is a EMT.

  Team Bio

"RSAR" is an acronym for "Rampart Search and Rescue"

• Adams County Search and Rescue, Inc. is owned by Rampart Search and Rescue, Inc. They are one in the same organization.
• We formed in 1997 to meet the growing need for a specialized urban rescue team that can work in urban, suburban and wilderness environments.
• As a non-governmental organization (NGO) our members volunteer their skills and time, we have no paid employees.
• Our primary objectives is the relief of human suffering and distress in any part of the county resulting from disaster of any kind and the protection and preservation of human life. This is achieved by providing suitably trained and experienced response teams when we receive a request for assistance. We do not charge for our service.
• Several of our members have over 20 years experience in disaster related work and are amongst the most experienced disaster response personnel within the state.
• Our team trains in several areas of rescue and Public Safety.
• We provide safety training to the general public.
• We provide safety talks to civic groups, schools, etc. Please call Terry if you wish to have one of our speakers come to your civic event or school assembly.