2011 Year in Pictures

Ice climbing and winter training in Ouray, Colorado: Mission prep at Red Rock: Arizona Vortex in action at Red Rock: 2011 Mountain Rescue Basic's Class: Stranded Hiker Rescue at Mt. Charleston: Technical Operations at Red Rock: Avalanche training Mt. Charleston: Team extraction at Red Rock: Red Rock Mission: Short...

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In the News - Las Vegas Weekly

Photo courtesy of Las Vegas Weekly Our Unit is featured in this week's Las Vegas Weekly.  Thank you to Erin Ryan, the writer of this story.  She spent countless hours with our team and was even fortunate enough to go on a rescue with us (timing is everything). Pick up your copy tod...

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Helicopter Crash at Lake Mead

Last night, all SAR officers responded to Lake Mead after receiving reports of a helicopter crash. The Air Unit fired up the Huey along with one of the smaller Bell's to respond. Although LVMPDSAR reached the scene of the crash within 45 minutes of receiving the call, Officers confirmed that all 5 passengers had died shortly after arriving to the scene. One of the many news stories can be found here. LVMPDSAR sends its condolences to all affected...

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Lost Hiker at Mt. Charleston

Last Thursday, Mountain Rescue volunteers were called upon to help with the search of a lost hiker at Mt. Charleston. The hiker had ventured to the area with his dog on Wednesday with the intent of spending the night and heading back home on Thursday. However, on Thursday morning, he woke to a large accumulation of snow...

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