Welcome to ASARA

Alaska Search and Rescue Association is a non-profit corporation registered in the State of Alaska.

Our mission is to support the volunteer organizations that perform search and rescue efforts across the state of Alaska.

In the United States most search and rescue operations are performed by volunteers. In Alaska, our missions range from the vast tundra to the tallest mountains in North America to valleys carved out by the glaciers that still grace us with their wonder.

Our volunteers dedicate their efforts to saving the lives of those in need, often a great expense and personal sacrifice, in some of the most difficult conditions on Earth. Like our brothers and sisters across the many varied disciplines in search and rescue, these things we do that others may live.