MONOSAR

Recruitment

Our team is always looking for committed, talented, and driven people to join us. If you love the mountains and want to help others, we'd love to meet you. We generally have an annual recruitment cycle both for field and support teams.

There will be no 2024 recruitment due to the severe winter of 2022-2023 that prevented the timely completion of our 2023 candidate training cycle. The 2025 recruitment cycle will begin in early January, 2025. You can use the form below to keep updated on recruitment activity for 2025.

Within a year’s time I had been lowered out of a helicopter, tracked a lost fisherman, searched for a lost child, pulled two people from entrapment, stopped arterial bleeding, splinted broken bones, restored perfusion, rappelled off cliffs, been lowered off cliffs, and did it all with an amazing team. - MONOSAR Rescue Member, 2018

Some things to know before you apply.

The referenced equipment list can be found here.

Joining our team requires a significant time commitment and once field ready you'll be expected to maintain a high degree of readiness. Your first year in particular can be quite demanding with required training and continual reviews of your progress. Our goal is to get new candidates quickly up to speed and that will require many weekends and evenings both from you and our existing team members.

With your training and functioning as a part of the team, you can expect to make a large difference in the lives of others. As such, we hold ourselves and each other to a very high standard. 

Get updates on our recruitment process by putting your contact information here.

Why Join

People join SAR for a variety of reasons. Some do it for a sense of adventure, some do it to give back to the wilderness community, and nearly all do it as an opportunity to help others in their time of need. A SAR member will experience many good days, many bad days, and many frustrating days. You will be tested mentally, physically, and emotionally.

I’d say a 1/3 of our calls are rather ho-hum, 1/3 are somewhat straight forward, and 1/3 are like starring in a Hollywood action movie. You just never know which one it’s going to be when the phone rings. - MONOSAR Rescue Member

The work is physically demanding. Field teams are expected to carry full packs, often loaded with medical or rescue equipment into the High Sierra, frequently off trail.

The high requirements, sacrifice, and pursuit of assisting others creates a team environment that is rarely equaled.