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Arapahoe Rescue Patrol
The Arapahoe Rescue Patrol is a search and rescue team based in Arapahoe County, Colorado. Composed entirely of young adults currently in high school, the members of the Patrol have provided “free search, rescue, and emergency services for the citizens of Colorado’s front range and throughout all of Colorado” since 1957.
The Arapahoe Rescue Patrol, Inc. is a search and rescue (SAR) unit whose primary mission is to find missing persons, give them aid, if needed, and bring them to safety. In addition to this primary mission, the Patrol is committed to help local authorities and other emergency units to the limit of its ability.
There are approximately 50 active individuals on the Patrol roster including about 30 youth regular members and officers. Of the remaining 25 there are 9 adults who serve on the corporate Board of Directors and oversee operations, and 21 are adults who have “graduated” from the Patrol but have stayed involved in the program to contribute their expertise.
Four team sergeants, two Command Staff lieutenants, and one Command Staff captain are in charge of daily Patrol operations. They work closely with an adult team of an assistant chief, a deputy chief, and a chief, but the command in the field is with the youth!
Primarily a search and rescue organization, the Arapahoe Rescue Patrol trains extensively in many areas of field emergency service including rock- and high-angle technical rescue, vertical forest/low-angle evacuation, winter and alpine operations, avalanche rescue, wilderness life support and emergency care, swift water rescue (at the technician level), and situation management functions.
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