Search, Rescue & Emergency Support Services Award – Presented by PELICAN

Big Horn County Search & Rescue is an all-volunteer team responding to emergencies across 3,137 square miles of Wyoming's rugged Big Horn Mountains, where severe weather, remote alpine terrain, and missions lasting days—or even weeks—mean every minute matters.

Friends of Custer County Search and Rescue support vital, life-saving missions of the county’s search and rescue efforts by addressing budget gaps through strategic fundraising, providing the funding for technical training, specialty gear, and rugged wilderness vehicles.

Headquartered in Florida, Grey Bull Rescue is a veteran-led, donor-funded, 501c3 non-profit organization that rescues and evacuates civilians from natural disasters and conflict zones, completing 811 missions to date, saving 8,761 lives.

From a missing child to an elderly person wandering away, Kansas Search and Rescue Dog Association brings the lost home, reunites families, and finds those taken by disasters throughout the Midwest.

Trained for technical rescue operations in demanding wilderness conditions, West Valley Search & Rescue is a dedicated all-volunteer team providing 24/7 search and rescue services to locate and assist the lost, missing and injured throughout the backcountry of San Bernardino County, California.