Rescue International (RI) Rescue Recovery Task Force brings together our teams and unit under one trained, insured professionally managed response as needed for the mission, it provides expert Search and Rescue (SAR) services, delivering specialized teams and advanced resources for critical missions under our Rescue Recovery Task Force RRTF-1.

With over 35 years of experience, including 2 weeks at WTC Staten Island recover site and over two months on the Gulf Coast after Katrina. We support local, state, and federal agencies in natural disasters, missing persons cases, and emergency situations. We are a federal SAM registered Non-Profit NGO and can respond to direct or EMAC requests for assistance.

Our SAR capabilities include trained SAR Technicians with wilderness and wide area search crews, K9 units skilled in human remains detection (HRD) and wilderness live find searches, water recovery, aviation and drone assets and light urban disaster recovery. Our Water Search Teams use canines and boats with side and down scan SONAR, underwater cameras and a ROV to locate missing people in water environments, providing vital support in floods and submerged recovery missions. Our RRTF, water rescue teams provide typed Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Teams.

The Rescue Recovery Task Force (RRTF) quickly deploys to disaster zones and mass casualty events, offering skilled searchers, K9 units, and water rescue resources, with notable deployments to disasters like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. We also provide mobile command and communications support, ensuring efficient coordination even in remote or disaster-affected areas.

With a proven track record in both wilderness and urban search operations, water rescue missions, Rescue International has been a critical asset in disaster recovery efforts worldwide, delivering swift and professional SAR assistance wherever it’s needed.