Who is Alpine Rescue Team?

Who is Alpine Rescue Team?

Alpine Rescue Team has responded to wilderness emergencies since 1959, providing mountain search and rescue – day or night, 24/7.

Always free to any individual or agency in need of our expertise and assistance. Call 9-1-1 for assistance

Experience:

• Over 60 years of providing Search and Rescue in Colorado
• 130+ Mountain Search and Rescue calls per year since 2014
• 300 years of experience from current Incident Commanders/Operation Leaders
• 50-70 Highly-Trained, Non-paid Professional Rescue Mountaineers
• Training/Mission/Public Education: Man-hours
  • 18,000hours=AverageTraining/Mission Man hours per year
  • 5,000hours=AveragePublicEducation/Outreach Man-hours per year

Credibility:

• FEMA Type I Mountain Rescue Team (2004 FEMA designation)
• 1 of 13 Colorado Teams accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association in the following disciplines
  • Technical Rock Rescue
  • Winter Technical Rescue
  • Avalanche Rescue
  • WildernessSearch
• The only nationally accredited mountain rescue team in Colorado with memoranda of understanding to provide search and rescue services with three different county sheriffs – Jefferson, Clear Creek, & Gilpin.
• Nationwide response history
  • 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery
  • 1997 USAFA-10 Crash Recovery Team
  • 2013 Boulder floods
• Team members are leading experts/published authors in:
  • Mountain Rescue Risk Assessment
  • Avalanche Rescue
  • Technical Rope Rescue
  • Helicopter Rescue
  • Mapping
  • Wilderness Medical Emergencies

Commitment to Safety:

• No serious injuries to our 800+ members in our 60+ year history
• Members are prepared for 48 hours of remote wilderness deployment in winter conditions
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) Field Responders – Physician, Nurses, Physician Assistant, Paramedics
• Continual Technical Systems Review: Internal Committee for Technical Rope Systems & Equipment
• Members are involved in National SAR Committees:
  • NIMS Advisory Committee Members
  • Frequent Presenters–International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS)
  • NASAR/ATSM
  • Representatives to the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR).