First off – many thanks to all those that supported our fundraiser for the litter! Our Search and Rescue Team Leader had been hoping for a “real” winter for a winter training session. Enough of a winter that members could test out their winter gear and we could move a patient on our new litter […]
Winter and Litter Carry Training March 2021 Read More »
March 4th finds Taos Search and Rescue gearing up to rescue a male and his dog who had been out overnight and was floundering in the snow at 12,000 feet in the mountains above Taos New Mexico. Concerned the mission could require considerable effort, the Incident Commander requested additional resources from outside of Taos. Four
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As we start sliding into spring and more people venture out we see an uptick in missions. The March 3rd call from the Ordering Manager requested ground pounders for a missing person near Tres Piedras in Northern New Mexico. Eight members of the Brigade responded with an ETA of 9:30 a.m. at Incident Base. Upon
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Mission 6 is similar to mission 149 in our previous post in that it involved a person going missing after abandoning their vehicle. January 18th our male subject decided to test out his new Jeep by driving up 31 mile road out of Espanola. Several miles in he slid off the road and became stuck.
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2021 started out with two similar type of missions – a person walking away from their car and not making it home. The January 16th mission is a continuation of mission 149 where Brigade members assisted in searching for an individual who had been missing since Thanksgiving. His car was found abandoned north of Abiquiu.
Abiquiu Mission Part II – Training Mission 1 of 2021 Read More »
The December 4th evening through the morning of the 5th mission was pretty typical. By typical I mean we receive the call between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., drive to incident base, hike in the woods for a while, the subject either finds their way out or another team finds the subject, we return to
Pinion Nut Hunter Goes Missing – Mission 144 Read More »
Around 6:30 P.M. on Monday, November 9th we received a call requesting ground pounders for a mom and son who had gone missing while hunting earlier in the day. Our destination was approximately 12 miles north of the town of Pecos NM. Arriving at Incident Base with a team of eight Brigade members we learned
Two Missing Hunters North of Pecos – Mission 139 Read More »
Tuesday evening September 15th we received a call asking to field a team of ground pounders for the second operation period of mission 114. The subject had taken a hike on the La Luz trail and was last seen Sunday. The Incident Commander wanted us at Incident Base (IB) by 8:00 a.m. Wednesday. Two Brigade
Missing Hiker La Luz Trail Sandia Mountains – Mission 114 Read More »
Moving fast on a rugged trail.
Litter Haul Pecos Wilderness – Mission 105 Read More »
Helping a stranded woman out of the Rio Grande Gorge
Rio Grande Gorge Extraction – Mission 100 Read More »
