Many years ago when current Brigade member Tom Houlton was President of the Los Alamos Mobile Emergency Services Association (LAMESA) they acquired an ATV. Zia Credit Union had repossessed the vehicle and was going to auction it off. Tom managed to get Zia Credit Union to donate the ATV to LAMESA. When, in 2001, LAMESA […]
May 15th 2021 our SAR Team Leader conducted a spring training session on line search and Probability of Detection (POD). POD is one of the variables in an equation to determine how well an area has been searched. The Probability of Success equals the probability the subject is in the area times the POD. POS
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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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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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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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