“Communities rely upon the services of Land Search and Rescue volunteers, often in scenarios or incidents where no other emergency service organisation can help,” he said in the submission. Historically LandSAR helped locate people missing, injured or lost in the outdoors, while Wandersearch volunteers helped locate people who have dementia, or Alzheimer’s. An emergency services fund would be similar to funding provided to LandSAR by the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regional councils, he said. LandSAR receives some government funding to help run the national organisation and support membership, but it was not enough to cover all equipment or training needs, he said.