It's the 'season' for search and rescue teams

Thursday, October 9, 2014

It doesn't show up officially on any calendars, but it's fairly easy for Rick Summers to predict when the "season" will begin. He doesn't even need to mark the date since it always begins around the same time each year.

Just take several hundred outdoorsmen and set them loose in the mountains as soon as hunting season begins. It's just a matter of time before one of them turns up missing.

As the commander of the county's search and rescue team, Summers knows he will get the phone call. It's just a matter of when.

On average, the team will end up responding to three rescues per season, although there are times the search is called off after the missing person is located or makes contact with their families.

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When these volunteer teams, search and rescue, county and city fire departments are called are they paid for their time/fuel. They all drive $45-50,000 trucks. What is their compensation?

-- Posted by gmoney on Fri, Oct 10, 2014, at 4:17 PM
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