ITI Disaster Rescue and Response · 501(c)(3)
SEARCH & RESCUE • CANINE • COMMS • EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
All-volunteer nonprofit • No cost to partners or the community
Comms. Emergency Management. SAR.
The ITI Emergency Response Team is an all-volunteer nonprofit that provides on-demand ground and canine search, emergency communications, and incident-command support to qualified agencies and the communities they serve — at no cost. Team members render basic first aid until EMS arrives; ITI is not an EMS provider, carries and administers no medications, and does not transport patients. Available 24/7 on a first-come, first-served basis.
⚠️ Limited availability · First-come, first-served · Agencies with pre-existing Mutual Aid Agreements get priority
Core capabilities
Rapid-response support for ground and canine search, emergency communications, and incident management.
Emergency Communications
Radio networks, satellite uplinks, tactical repeaters, and interoperability solutions that keep incident command connected when commercial infrastructure fails.
Emergency Management
ICS/NIMS-compliant planning, EOC activation support, resource coordination, and strategic incident oversight from first call to scene clearance.
Search & Rescue
Ground search teams qualified to the NASAR SARTECH standard across wilderness, rural and urban terrain, and air-scent canine teams on national certification pathways — alongside incident command support, mission coordination, resource tracking, and operational planning for SAR incidents.
About the team
All-volunteer nonprofit. Services at no cost.
ITI ERT is the all-volunteer response arm of ITI Disaster Rescue and Response, an independent Maryland 501(c)(3) nonprofit — separate and distinct from Ironclad Thor Industries LLC. We field trained search and rescue personnel and air-scent canine teams, deploying only on the request of an authority having jurisdiction and operating under that agency’s incident command system. Members render basic first aid; ITI is not an EMS provider and does not transport patients. Every member donates their time, training, and equipment availability. All services — ground and canine search, communications support, incident-command assistance, and event preparedness — are provided to qualified partner agencies and the communities they serve free of charge. We are funded in part by Ironclad Thor Industries and by community sponsorship; we never invoice agencies, citizens, or event organizers for our deployment time.
Direct Contact
Comms that hold. Management that scales. Support that integrates.
Emergency Response Team services are available to qualified law enforcement, fire/rescue, emergency management, and Search & Rescue agencies on a first-come, first-served basis — at no cost. Agencies with pre-existing Mutual Aid Agreements get priority.
– First-come, first-served
– MAA partners: Priority
– 24/7 deployment ready
Related pages
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Join the team
We are recruiting disciplined, dependable volunteers for our nonprofit disaster response team. Ground search, canine handling, communications, ICS support, drone, and logistics roles are open. Hire to standard, not to need.
— Background check · MVR review
— 6-month probation
— EEO · reasonable accommodations