SAR - Search And Rescue

The patch created to recognize the courage and dedication of service personnel performing search and rescue operations.

Search and rescue of people in danger is the basis of the work of sea, mountain, water and land rescuers as well as in combat conditions. The types of such activities include fighting disasters, natural disasters, including fires, mountain rescue, cave rescue, water rescue, ice rescue, mining rescue, but also technical, chemical and environmental protection.

The patch shows elements of equipment that are helpful to every specialist in this industry: a compass, a rope, an animal as an irreplaceable assistant (a dog when searching rubble), a mode of transportation (a helicopter necessary in the mountains), a sign of the cross (a symbol of medical assistance), a crosshair (symbol of military operations) and a large SAR inscription placed in the central place.