Searchers from the Bedford County Wilderness Search Team must meet special training to be permitted to search or assist at a search and rescue incident with a personal watercraft. The necessary training for a personal watercraft searcher includes a minimum of NASAR SARTech II, basic wilderness first aid, basic ropes and rigging training, operations level in moving water rescue training, wilderness rescue training, and a PA Fish and Boat Commission Safety Course. All personal watercraft operators are required to have their personal watercraft registered and insured.
Bedford County Wilderness Search Team, Inc. PO Box 445 New Paris, PA 15554 bcwst@bcwst.org
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