Mission Report

From July 23rd through July 27th the Brigade assisted the New Mexico Emergency Management and the National Guard in searching for a person missing in flooding in Tecolote Canyon from the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar. Over those days five Brigade members at different times provided support for canine teams from Mountain Canine Corp, assisted […]

A little before 1000 on July 19th the brigade was called to respond for a missing subject along the Rio Grande near Pilar. Six individuals from the Brigade formed the initial response, one as ordering manager, two filling support functions at incident base, and three ground pounders. A fourth ground pounder from the Brigade joined

July 14th 05:38 the Incident Commander was looking for 4×4’s and ground teams to assist a lost hiker on the Continental Divide Trail north of Ghost Ranch. We actually had exact coordinates of the subjects location as she was able to make calls and was able to relay her coordinates. One of New Mexico SAR’s

Sunday morning, June 12, at 5:20 am came the call from our leader (code name GearHead)… Search for a hiker, male, age 68, around Cerro Montoso, a peak about half between Taos and Tres Piedres, missing from early afternoon the day before. 8 Brigadiers answered that call on this hot and blistering day– actually 7

May 26 2022 around 8:30 in the morning our local Incident Commander calls asking for a couple of 4×4 teams to retrieve a woman stranded in a stuck vehicle outside Tres Piedras. She had cell phone service and from her cell phone and OnStar we had her exact coordinates. So easy – just send in

Around 1130 on Friday, February 25, Los Alamos Fire Brigade received the callout for Mission #17 less than 5 miles west of Chili, NM (North of Española). The search was for a subject, missing since Sunday, who’s rolled vehicle had been discovered the day before by State Police. Fire Brigade quickly responded with 10 team members

As Ordering Manager for this mission I received the call at 10:50 p.m. on October 31st 2021 requesting ground pounders and communications support for a 60 year old male who had gotten separated from his hunting buddies. By 12:13 a.m. on November 1st we decided more resources were needed and the Brigade was contacted. Seven

Around midnight on September 27 the Fire Brigade received calls to search for a lost camper among the piñon forests and oil fields surrounding the Navajo reservoir. While not exactly close the incident’s location, Fire Brigade was among the first teams able to respond with two brigade members on the road by 1:00 am to start the

The Incident Commander for mission 87 was looking for canine teams on September 21st around 6:00 p.m. Thus, the Mountain Canine Corps received the first call. I volunteered to respond. Did you know I’m also a member of MCC? The Brigade went on standby for a possible second operational period about half an hour later.

The call for what would turn out to be a rather grueling mission came from the Ordering Manger at 12:48 p.m. Saturday August 21, 2021. We were to be plan B. Plan A was for the State Police helicopter ABLE-7 to use a hoist to extract the subject from his location. The hiker had called