Association of Lowland Search And Rescue

Association of Lowland Search And Rescue (ALSAR), more commonly using the name Lowland Rescue, is a voluntary organisation in the UK which provides teams who assist the emergency services in the search for missing persons. It is part of the UKSAR operators group appointed by the Department for Transport.

The role of Lowland Rescue is to:

Lowland Rescue consists of 36 affiliated search teams and over 1800 trained Search Technicians, covering 34% of the UK and contributing over 200,000 person hours to Search and Rescue each year. Nobody in Lowland Rescue is paid for their work.