Mission Report

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 […]

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

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

I received the text message at 9:56 PM: “Hello LAAFB, we have a search. An 80 year old hunter has not returned home. They are looking for ground pounders. This is about halfway between Abuquiu and Tierra Amarillo. Please reply Y/N if you are available.” We gathered at 10:30 to collect radios and maps, and

Moving fast on a rugged trail.

Helping a stranded woman out of the Rio Grande Gorge

Stand Down Stand down. A not uncommon phrase heard by SAR teams often after having driven long distances in the middle of the night to reach incident base just to find out the subject has been found and you can return home. Members of the Los Alamos Fire Brigade Search and Rescue Team heard the

July 20th 10:15 p.m. For this mission the Brigade was called upon to be plan B. A hiker was experiencing a medical emergency about three and a half miles up the Windsor Trail in the Pecos Wilderness. The plan was to have the New Mexico Air National Guard hoist the hiker out of the wilderness

July 16th we were called to assist in searching for an overdue long distance trail runner who went for a run attempting to run around the lake. Once again we are leaving town at zero dark thirty. Our mission was to search the shore line from where a previous team left off. The terrain varied