Withlacoochee Regional Search & Rescue Squad

11/27/2025

Message from the Chief of Withlacoochee Regional Search and Rescue Squad, Inc. “Happy Thanksgiving from my family to you and your families. Stay Safe, Stay Warm, and practice fire safety as well!”

11/19/2025

On Friday November 14th, Chief Matychak along with his wife and his son traveled to Bradford/Hartford Connecticut to pick up a 2010 Chevy 4500 Duramax Ambulance donated by Best Friend s for Life Animal Rescue, President Anthony Bagliore. We will converting this Ambulance into a Mobile Field Command Post. We will post plenty of before and after pictures of the project.

11/10/2025

On the behalf of the Officers and Members of Withlacoocheee Regional Search and Rescue Squad, Inc., Happy 250th Birthday to all you Devil Dogs

10/22/2025

🚨 Now Recruiting Volunteers!
Join the Withlacoochee Regional Search & Rescue Squad, Inc. — a 100% volunteer force multiplier for Central Florida public safety.
From K-9 and Mounted Units to Medical, Drone/UAS, and Technical Rescue, there’s a place for YOU on our team.

🔹 Free training & certifications
🔹 Real-world missions assisting law enforcement and fire rescue
🔹 A family of dedicated public safety professionals

📍 Based in Marion County and serving across 10 counties statewide.

🖱️ Apply today: www.WRSARS.org/volunteer
✉️ Email: contact@wrsars.org | ☎️ (352) 497-8202

“We follow their footsteps… so others may live.”

10/19/2025

🐾🚨 Big News from WRSARS! 🚨🐾
We’re thrilled to announce something brand new from our Chief, Samuel J. “Sam” Matychak III — a series of Coloring Books, Activity Books, and Comics starring his newest creations: Ranger the Rescue Dog and Echo the SAR Pup! 🐶✨
These two brave pups are on a mission to teach kids about safety, teamwork, and helping others — all through fun, creativity, and adventure! Over the past few weeks, Chief Sam has been developing the first two-part “Ranger the Rescue Dog” coloring book series, and we’re excited to share a few sneak peek pages below! 🎨📘
People said it couldn’t be done — but that never stopped us before. 💪
WRSARS has always been about service, education, and protecting the most vulnerable — our children.
Chief Sam’s inspiration comes from a lifetime in public safety — from his early days as a volunteer firefighter in the Hudson Valley to years of service here in Florida. He’s seen firsthand the importance of teaching safety and awareness early on. These books turn those experiences into something positive — something that saves lives through learning. ❤️
👉 Follow Ranger and Echo as they share lessons about search and rescue, wilderness safety, and being prepared.
👉 Support the project by sharing this post and helping spread the word!
👉 Together, we can inspire the next generation of helpers and heroes — one coloring page at a time.

10/17/2025

The Officers and Members of Withlacoochee Regional Search and Rescue Squad, Inc. would like to welcome their two newest members, Ranger the Rescue Dog and his son Echo the SAR Pup. Join them in their adventures and safety tips throughout the year. Welcome to the Team Ranger and Echo.

10/15/2025

On behalf of the Officers and Members, we would like to wish our Deputy Chief/ Director of Training/ Vice President/ Co-Founder Joe Talley a Wonderful Joyful Happy Birthday.

10/03/2025

09/30/2025

If you like help our organization, here is our link for our fundraising platform. Remember your generous donation will go a long way by us purchasing necessary equipment and supplies we need to make our mission complete. It will help send members to specific specialized training, our insurance to cover our members if they get hurt, our equipment if it gets stolen and much more.
So please feel free to click on the link below, we are a State of Florida Charitable Organization ( State ID -77339) and a Federal 501-C-3 (Federal EIN #33-3000532). The purpose of the platform is to know where your donation are going and will be spent on.

Here’s the link:

Withlacoochee Regional Search and Rescue Squad, Inc., is a 100% volunteer 501(c)(3) Florida Non-profit charity that responds anywhere throughout Western Central Florida when our neighbors need assistance searching for any lost or missing individual. From Alachau, Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Levy, Marion...

07/24/2025

Today we lost a true American Hero, Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea. To the Family and Friends of Hulk Hogan, on the behalf of the Officers and Members of Withlacoochee Regional Search and Rescue Squad, Inc., we are very sorry for your lost of your beloved Hero, we send our love, prayers and deepest condolences to you all.

God bless you all and may he rest in peace. Hulk, we have it here. You have made us all better Americans.