Fred became a Search & Rescue Volunteer in January 2009, assigned to the Operations Support Unit. Soon after joining SAR, Fred joined the 4X4 Rescue Team, one of the Specialty Teams in the Special Operations Group (SOG). Fred was later invited to join the Sheriff's Unit receiving many diverse SAR assignments for over 10 years. A list of SAR missions is not being provided because most weeks included 1-3 missions and the list would be too long. Many of those missions involved fatalities, and one mission (OSO Mudslide) resulted in 43 fatalities.