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2011 Oregon State SAR Report

Monday, 05 March 2012 04:42

Georges Kleinbaum, Oregon State SAR Coordinator (Oregon Emergency Management) has released the 2011 Oregon State SAR Report detailing SAR activity in Oregon. You can view the report on line by clicking on the link below. He said be careful if you hit print because it is a large document.

2011 Oregon SAR Report

 

 

New website maps avalanche dangers in Washington mountains

Monday, 05 March 2012 04:18
DEAN KAHN - THE BELLINGHAM HERALD
Normally, professor Michael Medler focuses his research on fires in forests, but when a student he knew died in an avalanche, his thoughts turned to snow in the mountains.

In December 2003, three students from Western Washington University were snowshoeing toward Artist Point by Mount Baker Ski Area when an avalanche buried them overnight. One student wriggled free and found help the following morning, and one miraculously survived being buried for more than 24 hours, but 21-year-old Jacqueline Eckstrom was found dead several feet below the surface.

Medler, who is an associate professor of environmental studies at Western's Huxley College of the Environment, decided to put his mapping expertise to work finding ways to reduce the risk of such tragedies in the future.

The result of his effort went live a few weeks ago - a new avalanche-danger website with maps for the Cascade and Olympic mountains in Washington and for the Mount Hood area in Oregon.

Read entire article at the Bellingham Herald - Click Here

 

Wyoming copter crash kills rescuer and snowmobiler

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 04:18
By BOB MOEN - Associated Press
CHEYENNE, WYO. - Ray Shriver helped found a volunteer search and rescue group 19 years ago after he survived being buried in an avalanche. He even trained his own dogs for search and rescue missions.

On Wednesday, after participating in some 800 missions over the years with Teton County Search and Rescue, Shriver died when the helicopter he was riding in crashed while responding to a call for help from snowmobilers in the snowy, remote backcountry of northwest Wyoming.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating Wednesday's crash of the Bell 407 helicopter in Teton County, FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said. A snowmobiler involved in a separate accident - the one the rescue team was responding to - also died.

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Read more here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/02/16/2396616/wyoming-copter-crash-kills-rescuer.html#storylink=cpy

 

 

 

Missing Bremerton boy found cold and wet, but OK .

by KING 5 News  
Updated Saturday, Mar 3 at 4:18 PM

 BREMERTON, Wash. – A 3-year-old boy who became separated from playmates on Saturday afternoon was found cold and wet but otherwise OK.

The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office began searching for the boy after he became separated from playmates.

The say the boy was playing with his siblings and when he scraped his knee; the other children went to find help and left him behind. When they came back the boy was gone.

A search and rescue mission was launched, with dogs brought in to help.

The boy was found after a couple of hours.

King 5 News

 

New Statewide SAR Radio Frequencies

Friday, 22 July 2011 23:00
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Washington State has 2 new statewide SAR narrow band radio frequencies. These frequencies are available only for search and rescue operations, there are no other users licensed for them at this time. The current recognized SAR frequency (155.160) is still open to other emergency response agencies (Ambulance and tow companies). The Washington State EMD has posted an authorization letter that lists the frequencies, authorization and standardized naming. The frequencies are for use during actual SAR missions or authorized training missions. You must download the authorization letter and keep it on file while using the frequencies.

Authorization Letter

 
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