People go missing more often than we realize. There are advocacy groups to help with the very young and the very old.

Unfortunately those that don't fall in those catagories frequency leave their families with no advocacy group to support them in the time between missing and calling for a Search and Rescue team. This is an effort to bridge that dangerous gap in time.

Lost persons need an advocate outside the structure of the law enforcement community. While there exists various agencies the deal with specific groups (infant / child, dementia, etc.) our goal is to assist those and filling the gaps. One major gap being the "rest of us" 25 - 65 and simply don't make it home for an unknown reason.

What our goal is to allow the public to not have to reinvent the wheel with each request to law enforcement regarding lost persons. They would contact law enforcement immediately of course but they'd also contact us. We'd help them with the things that people do not think of and have to remember in the middle of a deep emotional crisis (fliers, contacting hospitals, media, etc.) Law enforcement simply does not have the staff or focus for these things. Routine is take a report and proactively wait. Routine, unfortunately, is supported by statistics in that the majority of lost and missing persons are simply "overdue persons". We're looking at that minority that we see on the news that grips us even if exposed to only a few a month.

Still not sure? If you have any questions email us at, info@sarfast.org and we'll try to answer as promptly as possible.

Thank you very much for your time. Any help is appreciated.