Interested in applying for our 2016 Prospective Member class?
Plea
se participate in one of our orientation meetings:
October 12th
November 9th
December 14th
More details soon to be found on our Te am website, http://www.alpinerescueteam.org/
Alpine Rescue Team has responded to wilderness emergencie s since 1959: providing mountain search and rescue, day or night, 24/7.
Alpine is the only nationally accredited mountain rescu e team in Colorado with memoranda of understanding to provide search and re scue services with three different county sheriffs. (Clear Creek / Jefferso n / Gilpin)
At a national level, Alpine Rescue Team meets the 2004 FE MA Standards as a Type 1 Mountain & Technical SAR Team.
Alpine is one of only eleven mountain rescue teams in the state of Colorado that is full y accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association, an international organizat ion of teams specializing in mountain search and rescue, and safety educati on.
Interested in becoming a Member? We anticipate that the next pros pective member class will begin in either in the Fall of 2015 or January of 2016. If you are interested in participating in our upcoming class, we rec ommend that you start attending our Wednesday night classroom trainings in the late summer/early Fall of 2015.
Any interested individuals are we lcome to attend our Wednesday night classroom trainings at our headquarters . Some Wednesday night trainings are field trainings, which are not open to the public or prospective members. Please check the Team Event Calendar on the Team website for location and type of training.
Prospective memb ers go through 8 to 10 classroom trainings and 4 to 6 field trainings befor e they start participating with the rest of the team. After an evaluation p eriod lasting upwards of 5 months, those that meet the requirements are the n eligible to be voted on by the team to become field active members.
The team looks for individuals who wish to help others and have the time a nd desire to contribute. No special skills are required. Attitude is much m ore important than skill level, and specific skills needed to participate w ill be taught.