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Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team: Modern day heroes
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Yesterday, I described a harrowing incident where a friend and fellow cyclist collided with a deer on a remote highway this past weekend. Following the accident, my group was aided very quickly by the Angeles National Forest Rangers, who closed Angeles Crest Highway, allowing only emergency vehicles access. Then before paramedics could arrive, the next group on the scene was the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team (SMSR), who happened to be on the mountain for an ultra-marathon event.
The members of the team, Mike Nalick, a trained EMT, Jeremy Smith and Greg Kinne, are dedicated volunteers for SMSR. Their swift actions to stabilize my injured friend and prepare her for transport by ambulance were impressive. They knew exactly what to do in a medical emergency and carried portable emergency equipment. Their take-charge attitudes and cool demeanors calmed the situation, aiding both the injured cyclist and the group. I am forever grateful to them.
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“Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year - anywhere, any time, any weather” – from the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team website
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The Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team formed in 1951. A group of committed outdoorsmen from a local community realized that there was a need for an organized team to perform mountain rescues when people were stranded or injured in the outdoors. They began recruiting members and offered rigorous wilderness survival training to ensure that Team members could handle the often rugged terrain and dangerous situations in which they’d be called to action. Due to this first-rate training, for over a half a century, no Team member has incurred a serious injury while on a search and rescue operation. To read more about this incredible organization and their brave Team members, click here.
- Be sure to check out their Wilderness Safety Education presentations that are free of charge and excellent for children!
- For valuable safety information, please read Hug-a-Tree and Survive information, excellent for children!
SMSR Team members are not deputized, and the organization receives no tax dollars, only donations. To help support these brave men and women who risk their lives to save others, PLEASE DONATE HERE. And if you think you might like to become a team member, a volunteer hero, SMSR is always looking for new members (25 years of age or older who live within 20 minutes of Sierra Madre) and will provide extensive, hands-on training. This program is not for the faint of heart or the non-committed, but if interested, please read their online application.
For more info on public wildnerness safety education:
Bruce Lamarche, Public Education Coordinator
(626) 355-3411 (answer machine)
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