Each team member is responsible for keeping a log of his or her activities. In 2000, the team participated in 1,983 activities, contributed 41,268 man-hours, and drove over 74,317 miles. The team recruits new members every spring. They are allowed to remain on the team throughout their senior year. The team requires all members to graduate from high school and to uphold strict moral and ethical standards.
Training is rigorous.
Each new member spends over one hundred hours in basic training including 8 hours of classroom and 2 forty-eight hour weekend training sessions in field search and rescue skills. Field training exercises are conducted regularly and the team members take great pride in honing their remarkable suite of skills.