The essentials include a light source, fire-making kit, whistle or mirror, extra food and water, extra clothing ... in case of an avalanche, he said. The B.C. Search and Rescue Association ...

KCSO is emphasizing the importance of life jackets when in or around Kern River after two rescue operationsin the same area ...

Solitude also has Rio, a retired avalanche rescue dog that now roams the resort's offices in search of treats and table scraps. All of us here at POWDER are wishing Dezi the best in her Avalanche ...

Six Orange County Sheriff Department search and rescue teams spent hours in cold ... for could be a tossed apple core or water bottles, clothing pieces, broken branches or an area that shows ...

The recent recovery of three members of the Maynard family from Troy by volunteer divers in Alaska serves as a reminder of ...

She didn’t know about the avalanche and although the idea of the slide scared her, Andrea headed to town and called Search and Rescue. Reichert had started using his transceiver to search for ...

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and submerging much of an Alpine village under a mass of brownish sludge.

More than 500 specialized search and rescue volunteers ... McKinley was last seen wearing a red jacket and black pants at the time of her disappearance. The sheriff’s office said the search ...

Many cases are well known and have been made into Hollywood films. Yet the role of faith in these encounters is often ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Search teams digging ... descriptions of the avalanche to a list of skiers thought to be in the area at the time. More than 150 rescue workers and 20 dogs had resumed ...

Two teams of snowmobilers and skiers found the man and brought him out of the area on snowshoes due to avalanche conditions. One month later, a Routt County Search and Rescue team was alerted ... of ...