Interested in applying for our 2016 Prospective Member class?
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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 rescue team i n Colorado with memoranda of understanding to provide search and rescue ser vices with three different county sheriffs. (Clear Creek / Jefferson / Gilp in)
At a national level, Alpine Rescue Team meets the 2004 FEMA Stand ards as a Type 1 Mountain & Technical SAR Team.
Alpine is one of only eleven mountain rescue teams in the state of Colorado that is fully accred ited by the Mountain Rescue Association, an international organization of t eams specializing in mountain search and rescue, and safety education.
< p>Interested in becoming a Member? We anticipate that the next prospective member class will begin in either in the Fall of 2015 or January of 2016. I f you are interested in participating in our upcoming class, we recommend t hat you start attending our Wednesday night classroom trainings in the late summer/early Fall of 2015.Any interested individuals are welcome to attend our Wednesday night classroom trainings at our headquarters. Some W ednesday night trainings are field trainings, which are not open to the pub lic or prospective members. Please check the Team Event Calendar on the Tea m website for location and type of training.
Prospective members go t hrough 8 to 10 classroom trainings and 4 to 6 field trainings before they s tart participating with the rest of the team. After an evaluation period la sting upwards of 5 months, those that meet the requirements are then eligib le to be voted on by the team to become field active members.
The tea m looks for individuals who wish to help others and have the time and desir e to contribute. No special skills are required. Attitude is much more impo rtant than skill level, and specific skills needed to participate will be t aught.