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2021 Jemez Mountain Trail Run Support

Community Support / Steven Howard / May 25, 2021

May 22nd 2021 turned out to be a great day for the Jemez Mountain Trail Run. Storms stayed just to our east creating dramatic skies. Three members provided communications support via HAM radio at the Guaje Ridge, Pipeline and Mitchel Trailhead aid stations. Six Brigade members volunteered to provide medical support under the JMTR’s medical […]

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Pecos Wilderness – Mission 39

Mission Report / Steven Howard / May 25, 2021

At zero dark thirty on May 13th 2021 eight members of the Brigade along with two members from Cibola SAR hit the trail from Jacks Creek campground. The mission will be one of the our more arduous missions. Our job is to support a team from Santa Fe that is about an hour ahead of

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Cascade Rescue Litter Setup Tutorial Videos

Training / Steven Howard / April 26, 2021

The series of videos below demonstrate how to setup the Brigade Cascade Rescue Litter for use. Packaging a patient in the litter is not covered in these videos. Pour your favorite beverage, pop some popcorn and sit back for riveting entertainment. Ok, riveting is NOT a turn I would use… The primary advantage of the

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Winter and Litter Carry Training March 2021

Training / Steven Howard / March 15, 2021

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

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More on Standing Down – Missions 14 and 16

Mission Report / Steven Howard / March 8, 2021

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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Tres Piedras – Mission 13

Mission Report / Steven Howard / March 8, 2021

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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Thirty One Mile Road – Mission 8

Mission Report / Alex Josephson / January 31, 2021

On Tuesday the 26th of January, around 6:45 pm, LAAFB got the call once again to field a team for a search and rescue mission. The Incident Commander wanted a small team—2 winter-capable vehicles with 2 team members in each—to deploy quickly to a location approximately 5 miles up “31-mile road” from Española.  Incidentally, this

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Thirty One Mile Road – Mission 6

Mission Report / Steven Howard / January 22, 2021

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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Abiquiu Mission Part II – Training Mission 1 of 2021

Training / Steven Howard / January 22, 2021

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.

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Missing Person Search near Abiquiu – Mission 149

Mission Report / Matt Holmes / December 26, 2020

Dec 17th, 2020 Thursday morning, LAAFB received a request for volunteers. From the beginning, this was a different kind of mission; a late morning request for SAR groups, a relaxed 2 ½ hour notice. By the end of the mission, LAAFB highlighted their versatility. Four members of LAAFB confirmed availability and prepared to meet at

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