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 [...]

Alpha Team speaks at the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society Meeting

Members of the Alpha Team K9 Search and Rescue (ATSAR) team spoke about their work at the April GARS meeting. Net manager Joel Barrett, W4JOL – who also works with ATSAR – invited the team to demonstrate its K9 capabilities. Pictured above are ATSAR members Cheryl Knieriemen, KI4SWA, document unit leader; Paul Ruszczyk, KI4ADT, team [...]

Fulton County Missing Alzheimer’s Victim Rescued (video)

October 30, 2009-Fulton County Missing Alzheimer’s Victim Rescued: FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A south Fulton County Alzheimer’s patient spent Friday recovering at home after spending the night alone in the woods. Search and rescue volunteers found 70-year-old Gloria Hood just before 4 a.m. after she’d been missing for nearly 12 hours. Channel 2 Action News [...]

Douglas County Flood Victim Hooper Recovered

September 28, 2009-Douglas County Flood Victim Hooper Recovered: Article at CNN.Com

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 [...]