Welcome to Alpha Team (ATSAR)

Alpha Team K9 Search and Rescue, Inc., was formed to provide all of the skills and teamwork necessary to bring the best resources, K9’s and personnel to your Search and Rescue mission. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization providing immediate call-out status to the southeast United States. Alpha Team is an advanced response team with [...]

Unearthing the Past

Our team is very versatile and we are called on to perform many different types of missions. Here is one of the more unique ones…. helping detect old burial sites ! Below is a link to the original article from the Avondale Burial Place Project Website: http://www.newsouthassoc.com/avondale/Archaeology.html

Alpha Team Callout

Alpha Team K9 Search and Rescue was formed to provide all of the skills and teamwork necessary to bring the best resources, K9s (air scent dogs) and personnel to search and rescue missions. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization providing immediate call-out services to the southeastern United States. Alpha Team is a highly capable, professional [...]

Alpha Team K9 Search and Rescue joins with the National Alzheimer’s Association

Alpha Team K9 Search and Rescue joins with the National Alzheimer’s Association, GA Chapter, to increase awareness and to support fundraising efforts to end the disease. Click here to learn more about the National Alzheimer’s Association! Georgia law enforcement officers now have one more reason to learn about Alzheimer’s disease: the dangers of wandering and [...]

ATSAR Supports National Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk

ATSAR Members participated in the National Alzheimer’s Associations Memory Walk at the Atlanta Zoo in October of 2009 in it’s continuing support of the need to raise funds and awareness for those suffering from Alzheimer’s and Alzheimer’s-related dementia. Alpha Team members have been active participants in this effort for more than 6 years! Click here to learn more [...]

ATSAR Demo at Hemophilia of Georgia’s Camp Wannaklot

July 2007 – ATSAR members demonstrated K9 search techniques for Hemophilia of Georgia’s Camp Wannaklot at Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge, GA. This camp has been able to positively affect hundreds of Georgia kids with inherited bleeding disorders for nearly 15 years. Alpha Team members came out in force allowing the childeren to see and [...]

Alpha Team Saves Lives with Hug-A-Tree Program

Hug A Tree (HAT) program presentations given in 2009 by Alpha Team member Susie Braswell were responsible for successfully locating a 9 year boy!

ATSAR Teaches Hug-A-Tree to Kids

Alpha Team Member Susie Braswell teaches local Georgia students how to ‘ Hug-A-Tree and Survive’. The Hug-A-Tree and Survive Program was started in San Diego, California after a search occurred for a nine-year old boy who became lost in the local mountains. A group of searchers put together a program for children on “how not [...]