Maine Mounted Search and Rescue (MMSAR) is Maine's first mounted search and rescue unit certified with the Maine Association for Search And Rescue (MASAR). We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional volunteer organization, and our mission is to look for people lost or missing in the wilderness of Maine. MMSAR is on call solely to the Maine Warden Service (MWS) and Acadia National Park, although we are able to respond to searches run by other local and state agencies if the MWS is also involved. 

MMSAR members may opt to perform Support Services, Ground Search, and/or Mounted Search functions. Want to be a member but you don't have an equine? That's perfectly fine, we have several members who solely perform Support and Ground Search services! Don't want to ground search but interested in administrative or computer-based tasks? Are you good with event planning, fundraising, grant proposal writing, or logistics? If so, contact us, we welcome Associate Members as well!

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As professionals, members are responsible for attending quarterly unit meetings and monthly training sessions as well as maintaining required certifications such as CPR and First Aid. As a volunteer organization, members supply their own basic equipment and supplies as well as donate their time and pay for their own fuel to attend trainings and searches. 

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We accept members from anywhere in the State of Maine and even have one member from New Hampshire! Wider membership means we can respond faster to searches all over Maine. Most of our trainings are held at locations in the Central and Southern Maine areas. We hold the majority of our quarterly meetings either in the Litchfield area or over video conference.