Business Meeting
Some meetings are better than others and today was one such meeting. Patrick and I met with a client today at the Hiwassee River for an easy day’s “float and fish” on the river. When we arrived at the put in it was 54 degrees and felt like Autumn was just around the corner. We hopped out of […]
Training Weekend
The RAT-SAR team was back on the bluffs this past weekend training on raises and lowers at Bucks Pocket State Park. This was the first training event for some of our new members and concluded a two-weekend rope rescue operations class. RAT-SAR is a Southeastern regional search and rescue team founded on the Mountain Rescue / Alpine […]
Valhalla Vertical Practice
Members of the RAT SAR and North Carolina MSAR search and rescue teams came together this weekend for a day of training and exploration at Valhalla Cave in Fackler Alabama. The road to Valhalla was as much fun as the pit itself as it requires a high clearance vehicle and a little bit of driving […]
RAT-SAR
RAT-SAT team members assisted Etowah County EMA at the command post during ongoing operations resulting from a large warehouse fire in Attalla, AL. The warehouse contained compressed paper products. The fire required more than 150 firefighters and 60 departments to contain. RAT-SAR would like to thank all the departments, firemen, first responders, volunteers, and the […]