If you get lost in rugged bush, these are the SES searchers who’ll be sent to track you. Just don’t call them elite

theguardian.comPublished: 5/17/2025

Summary

Not only were these bushwalkers New South Wales State Emergency Service volunteers, they were members of the SES’s highly specialised bush search and rescue unit. Photograph: Rémi Chauvin/The GuardianThe team members who found the injured man happened to be on a two-day training exercise in the area. He recalls a forensic search BSAR were called to assist on. The search for Nazari was the longest search Campbell-Allen has been involved in that ended with someone being found alive. It tends to accumulate if it’s not really dealt with.”For many of the BSAR team members who spoke to Guardian Australia, it can also be emotionally challenging to find nothing.