SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue team was activated Wednesday for a call that required pinpointing a location.
What's called an ELT or an emergency locator transmitter signal went off and special equipment was necessary to find out if it was downed plane or something on a vessel.
There was no report of a plane crash at the time.
Three locations were used including TV Hill in Santa Barbara overlooking the city and waterfront to try to detect the signal's specific site.
Multiple search and rescue members were called out to work on the call at once.
Search and Rescue Crew Member Jason Copus was on the KEYT back patio and said, "we will have some teams up here at TV hill another team, at Gibraltar and someone at the harbor or maybe QAD in Summerland and triangulate that and hone in see where that device is coming from."
He said the plan moved quickly. "It actually worked very fast and smoothly and we were able to locate the device in a home in Montecito."
It was set off by mistake.
The equipment was able to bring members right to the exact address.
The Search and Rescue team says this equipment has been used before to find an aircraft.
They can use the device to find the signal from a stationary location or while driving.
They train regularly to follow signals and make a plan as efficiently as they can because lives are on the line.
Search and Rescue is an all volunteer group that responds to lost hikers and reaches out to hundreds of homeowners during widespread emergency evacuations.
They work under the Sheriff's Department but provide their own equipment and vehicles. Some are provided by direct donations including from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.
For more information or to join go to: Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue
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