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Okanogan County search-and-rescue seeks to reallocate Title 3 funds to dive and water-rescue gear
Summary
Search-and-rescue leaders asked county commissioners to reallocate about $70,000 in Title 3 funds toward dive, swift-water and patrol response equipment, and commissioners instructed staff to draft an amended MOU for formal approval.
Christina Woodworth, Okanogan County’s search-and-rescue coordinator, told commissioners she and deputies want to reallocate Title 3 funds that had been earmarked partly for a four-seat side-by-side to pay for dive and water‑rescue equipment that the county currently lacks.
Woodworth said about $70,000 of Title 3 money is allotted for search and rescue this year and that a prior board allocation—part of a larger $140,000 pool split last year between search and rescue and the conservation district—had been earmarked for a side‑by‑side vehicle. She said deputies and volunteers now recommend shifting those funds to outfitting a forming dive team and improving swift‑water response.
"We think it would be more beneficial to spend those funds on outfitting our dive and our swift water teams," Woodworth said. She detailed equipment requests that would come from the reallocation: four dry suits and four full‑face masks with communications, tanks and lift bags…
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