Cowlitz County Search & Rescue Who we are Cowlitz County Search Rescue is a federally registered 501c3 nonprofit and taxexempt organization who partners with the Cowlitz County Sheriffs Office to provide search and rescue services. Our agency is staffed by volunteer members who donate their time money and skills in order to be welltrained wellequiped and wellprepared when our community needs us. What we do Where When and How we do it Cowlitz County Search Rescue volunteers are oncall 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year to respond to persons lost injured or endangered anywhere in Cowlitz Countys 1166 square miles under the authority of the Cowlitz County Sheriff. We serve those communities which comprise Cowlitz County the residents outside of those communities and all travelers from outside of Cowlitz County who choose to visit.