How To Join The Team
Coastal Carolina Search Team has meetings at 7:00 pm on the first Friday night of every month at the Farmville Fire Department, 3713 North Main Street, Farmville, NC. We welcome visitors from other teams or those who are interested in finding out more about our team.
To be considered for Regular or Operational membership, an interested person must submit the following:
To be considered an Operational member, North Carolina Emergency Management requires our members have the following certifications on file before participating in a search.
To be considered for Regular or Operational membership, an interested person must submit the following:
- Membership Application
- One of the following:
- Criminal Background check from local sheriff office or NC State Bureau of Investigations
- A copy of a current North Carolina Concealed Handgun Permit
- North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles Driving Record
To be considered an Operational member, North Carolina Emergency Management requires our members have the following certifications on file before participating in a search.
- NC Land Field Team Member (NC-8100)
- In person class available through NC TERMS at terms.ncem.org/TRS/
- CPR / BLS / EMT Certification
- Provided by American Red Cross, State of North Carolina or equivalent
- FEMA Independent Study Courses at training/fema.gov
- IS-700 – Introduction to the National Incident Management System
- IS-100 – Introduction to the Incident Command System
- IS-200 – ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
- IS-800 – National Response Framework, an Introduction
- IS-35 – FEMA Safety Orientation
- IS-5 – An Introduction to Hazardous Materials
Team meeting dates and times can be seen on "Meeting and Training Dates" page.
If you are interested in finding out more about the Coastal Carolina Search Team, please e-mail Dave Pulver at [email protected]. If you are just wanting to see what we are about, you are welcome to come to a meeting and find out. Membership applications are available at meetings and will only be given out to those who have attended a meeting or training and show interest in continuing.