Search One Rescue Team is a volunteer non profit organization founded in 1983 by Paul Lake. The team was incorporated in the State of Texas in 1985 as a Non-Profit Community Service Organization and by the Federal Government under section 501-(c) (3) as a 509-(a) (1) Tax Exempt Non-Profit Organization.

The Search One “organization” is managed much like that of a typical commercial business. There is a Board of Directors who oversees the goals and direction of the team and daily business is conducted by a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Search One membership is recruited at large from the communities we serve and each recruit is subject to extensive screening prior to acceptance into the organization.

The Search One “team” is managed during field operations by the National Incident Command Structure (ICS). This allows our command staff to merge and interact with other emergency agencies during large scale incidents if required. Training for field deployment is extensive and all recruits are required to undergo Search One’s basic training program prior to deployment on actual searches. Having served more than 120 agencies (below) over the past 25 years our team has established excellent working relationships with the emergency response community. Search One is considered a valuable resource from the small rural law enforcement agency to the City of Dallas Office of Emergency Preparedness and every type of response unit in between.

Addison Police Department
Amarillo Police Department
Arlington Police Department
Azle Police Department
Bonham Police Department
Brown County Sheriff's Office
Canton Police Department
Carrollton Police Department
Cass County Sheriff's Office
Cedar Hill Police Department
Cleburne Police Department
Cleburne State Park Rangers
Colony Police Department
Colleyville Police Department
Cooke County Sheriff's Office
DFW Airport Police Department
Dallas County Constables Office
Dallas County Sheriff's Office
Dallas County Fire Marshall
Dallas Fire Department
Dallas Police Department
Dennison Police Department
Denton County Sheriff's Office
Denton Police Department
Desoto Police Department
DFW Department of Public Safety
Duncanville Police Department
Enchanted Rock Park Services
Euless Police Department
Everman Police Department
Fannin County Sheriff's Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Flower Mound Police Department
Fort Worth Emergency Operations Ctr.
Fort Worth Fire Department
Fort Worth Police Department
Friendswood Police Department
Frisco Police Department
Gainesville Fire Department

Grand Prairie Fire Department
Grand Prairie Police Department
Grapevine Police Department
Grapevine Fire Marshall
Grayson County Sheriff's Department
Greenville Police Department
Highland Village Police Department
Hill County Sheriff's Office
Haltom City Police Department
Hood County Fire Department
Hood County Sheriff's Office
Hurst Police Department
Irving Police Department
Johnson County Sheriff's Office
Kaufman County Sheriff"s Office
Kansas Bureau of Investigations
Keller Police Department
Kennadale Police Department
Lake Arrowhead Park Service
Lake Dallas Fire Department
Lake Dallas Police Department
Lake Worth Police Department
Lamar County Sheriff's Office
Lewisville Fire Department
Lewisville Police Department
Little Elm Fire Department
Live Oak County Sheriff's Office
Mansfield Police Department
Mesquite Police Department
Montague County Sheriff's Office
National Park Service
Nacadoches Police Department
Nolan County Sheriff's Office
Nolan County Sheriff's Office
North Richland Hills Police Department
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Ore City Police Department

Palo Pinto Sheriff's Department
Parker County Sheriff's Office
Plano Police Department
Rains City Police Department
Red Oak Police Department
Richardson Police Department
Rockwall Police Department
Rusk County Sheriff’s Office
Sachse Police Department
Saginaw Police Department
San Angelo Police Department
San Antonio Police Department
Seagoville Police Department
Smith County Sheriff's Office
State of Texas Off. of Emergency Mgmt.
Stevens County Sheriff’s Office
Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office
Tarrant County Sheriff's Office
Tarrant County Water Authority
TEEX
Terrell Police Department
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Texas Rangers
Travis County Sheriff's Office
Trophy Club Department of Public Safety
Valley Mills Police Department
Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office
Watagua Police Department
Weatherford Fire Department
Westworth Police Department
White Settlement Fire Department
White Settlement Police Department
Whiten Fire Department
Wichita Falls Police Department
Wichita Falls Department of Corrections
Wise County Sheriff's Office
Wood County Sheriff's Office
Wylie Police Department
Young County Sheriff's Office