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Read about current trail conditions in the Ventana Wilderness here
Check out the Mountain Rescue Association blog
Required and recommended gear for 24-hour pack (PDF)
Personal rope rescue equipment (PDF)
Radio procedure for responding to a call-out (doc)
Monterey County Coordinated Communication System Approved Codes (PDF)
An Introduction to Using a Garmin GPS with Paper Maps for Land Navigation (PDF)
Some basic instructions for using the TOPO computer program (Word doc)
Monterey County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team Standard Operating Procedures Manual (Word doc)
Volunteer Services Operations (Word doc)
What Really Goes on During a Search... (Word doc)
2009 Legislative Changes to Liability for Good Samaritans (PDF)
MRA publication: Risks in Mountain Rescue (PDF)
MRA publication: Accidents in Mountain Rescue Operations (PDF)
Check out the new SAR magazine Backcountry Rescuer
Hug a Tree: Survival Tips for Children (PDF)
11/27/11 - Injured hiker, Rancho San Carlos [subject carried to LZ and flown to transport]
11/19/11 - Lost hiker, Pat Springs [subject located and flown out]
10/30/11 - Sick hiker, Mt. Manuel Peak area [subject located]
10/24/11 - Vehicle rollover, Hwy 1 MM17; person over the side [carried up by Big Sur Fire, transported to hospital]
10/14/11 - Person over the side, Rocky Creek Bridge [UTL]
10/13/11 - Cliff rescue, Pinnacles National Monument [canceled]
9/25/11 - Injured hiker, Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park [carryout]
9/20/11 - Mutual aid, San Luis Obispo county: missing 66 y.o. woman [subject located] (see KCOY.com story)
9/16/11 - Missing Project Lifesaver client, Monterey [subject located]
9/11-13/11 - Search, Mt. Carmel, Ventana Wilderness: lost hiker [subject located safe and sound] (see KSBW.com story)
8/31/11 - Rescue, Bottcher's Gap, Ventana Wilderness: lost hiker [subject located/walked out]
8/31/11 - Mutual aid, San Luis Obispo County: missing person [subject located]
8/23/11 - Injured hiker, Buckeye Camp, Silver Peak Wilderness [canceled]
8/22/11 - Cliff rescue, Bixby Bridge [two subjects rescued] (see KSBW-TV clip and Carmel Pine Cone story)
8/21/11 - Cliff rescue, Bixby Bridge [three subjects assisted to safety]
8/7/11 - Missing person, Andrew Molera State Park [subject located in county jail]
8/1/11 - Cliff rescue, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park [canceled: Big Sur Fire handled]
7/30/11 - Incapacitated hiker, Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park [carryout]
7/23/11 - Cliff rescue, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: stranded down-climber [Big Sur Fire rescued]
7/17/11 - Search, Pine Ridge Trail: overdue 19 y.o. hiker [subject sent word out that he was okay]
7/16/11 - Re-search, Willow Springs Road: man missing since 12/09 [no new findings]
7/9/11 - Rescue, Sycamore Canyon Road: overturned vehicle [four occupants brought to ambulances]
7/7-8/11 - Search, Pine Ridge Trail: missing hiker [body recovered by CHP helo]
7/4/11 - Rescue, Pine Ridge Trail: injured hiker [SAR team canceled]
7/3/11 - Lost hikers, Mount Manuel Trail [located and assisted out]
7/3/11 - Cliff rescue, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park [SAR team canceled]
7/2/11 - Medical cliff rescue, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park [SAR team canceled; CHP helo took over]
6/16/11 - Cliff rescue, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park [subjects helped to safety]
6/1/11 - Backcountry search, China Camp/Miller Canyon: two overdue hikers [subjects walked out]
5/27/11 - Body recovery at Bixby Bridge, updated to helicopter transport of injured would-be suicide [SAR team canceled]
3/6/11 - Backcountry search, Bottcher's Gap, Big Sur: two overdue hikers [subjects walked out]
4/25/11 - Overdue at-risk juvenile, Marina [subject located]
3/25-26/11 - Mutual aid, Lake County: lost hikers in snow [subjects located]
3/21/11 - Rescue of ten hikers stuck by high water at Sykes Camp [all delivered safely across river]
3/19/11 - Missing schizophrenic, Pebble Beach [subject located]
3/9/11 - Cliff rescue, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park [canceled]
3/6/11 - Backcountry search, Bottcher's Gap, Big Sur: two overdue hikers [subjects walked out]
2/27/11 - Coastal Big Sur: body recovery from ocean
2/21/11 - Greenfield: Missing Project Lifesaver client [found by farmer]
2/20/11 - Carmel search: 72 y.o. woman with early Alzheimer's wandered away from family at Carmel Beach [search successful]
2/13/11 - Marina: Subject trapped 20 feet down in a culvert [USAR rescued]
2/10/11 - Coastal Big Sur cliff rescue, Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP [victims self-rescued]
1/30/11 - Backcountry rescue, Big Sur: Three hikers caught in freezing rain and snow on Ventana Double Cone [rescue successful]
1/25/11 - Coastal Big Sur cliff rescue, Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP [canceled]