The 2025 End-of-Year Review and Rescue Report is here, and we're excited to share it with our community. Inside, you'll find a complete look at the past year of search and rescue operations across Santa Barbara County's backcountry, along with the trends shaping how and where incidents occur.

This year's report features:

• A full record of all 121 incidents from January 1st through December 31st, 2025.

• Visual data on where, when, and how backcountry emergencies happened throughout the county.

• Incident breakdowns by activity type, location, time of year, and more.

Your support makes this work possible. Thank you for standing with the volunteers who answer the call, day or night, in every corner of our county.