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Alpine Rescue Team outlines capabilities, 2024 workload and funding gaps for Clear Creek County officials
Summary
Alpine Rescue Team told Clear Creek County commissioners it responded to a record number of incidents in 2024, provided roughly $771,000 in volunteer value to three sheriffs, and relies on a mix of grants, donations and sheriff contributions for operations and workers' compensation.
William, a representative of Alpine Rescue Team, briefed Clear Creek County elected officials on the volunteer search-and-rescue group's history, capabilities and funding during a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners.
At the meeting, William said Alpine Rescue — founded in 1959 and nationally accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association — fields roughly 80–100 trained volunteers and operates a fleet that now includes three rescue trucks, a mobile command vehicle, ATVs, snowmobiles, a tracked UTV and recently acquired electric bikes purchased with grant funding. He said the team responds across Colorado and to national incidents and that it does not charge sheriffs or rescue subjects for operations.
The group described its primary mission areas as low-angle carryouts,…
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