Welcome to The Centre for Search Research website.

Search Management course at Longhirst Hall, November 2012: for a report and information about a possible course in 2013 select 'Course Report' from the menu opposite.
Arizona 2013 State SAR Conference ... the presentation 'PoD for the Search Manager' will be based on the paper of that name which can be found on the 'published papers' page of this website.

We are a UK registered charity carrying out research and training in areas relating to searching for lost and missing persons.


We offer a number of training courses in incident management, search management and search skills; these are appropriate for statutory and civilian organisations operating in a variety of different types of terrain, from urban to wilderness.


One of our ongoing activities is the UK Missing Person Behaviour Study.


We have a body of published work that covers a range of search and SAR (Search and Rescue) related topics.


Contact us if you need any further information; we will be pleased to help.


Supported by The National Lottery through Awards For All