Here For You

When people head into Red River Gorge, they don’t plan on having an accident or getting lost. But when “nature happens,” calls for help go out to county search and rescue crews.

Make A Difference

We seek new members on an ongoing basis, and we seek a range of skills and experiences.

Professional Skills - Volunteer Team

We are a volunteer team that believes in the highest standards of training.

Want To Help Powell County Search and Rescue?
There are several ways to do it!

Powell County Search & Rescue is a 501c3 non-profit organization working in the Red River Gorge Geological Area of the Daniel Boone National Forest. The volunteers of Search & Rescue spend hundreds of hours each year donating their time and talents to rescuing folks from cliffs and rugged terrain. Each rescue is unique and each person we rescue has a story to tell. We invite you to join with us in our mission of saving lives! You can become a valuable part of this effort by helping us accomplish what we are finding to be more and more difficult: funding these rescue missions from our own pockets.

Make A Donation

Powell County Search and Rescue is a non-profit, all volunteer organization funded entirely through individual donations, and fundraisings.

Become A Volunteer

There are many different roles and levels of support – you don’t have to be a world-class climber to provide an indispensable service to the search and rescue community.

Wish List

Please consider making IN-KIND material donations to Powell County Search and Rescue. Tax receipts based on the fair market value can be provided.

Who Are We?

We are an all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to aiding persons lost or injured in the back country of Red River Gorge, Kentucky.

Why Donate?

Your generous contribution to our non-profit organization is 100% tax deductible and could one day save your life or the life of a loved one.

Latest Search & Rescue News

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Training training training! Being a volunteer team, we seize every opportunity to better ourselves and expand our skill sets.

Last Saturday, while on standby during The Rugged Red half marathon, members got together to train on our brand new Cascade Rescue Company litter. We also brought out the SMC Vector to practice setting it up and using it as an artificial high directional. With 25 certified rope rescue technicians on the team, we try to find a way to incorporate ropes into every meeting and training. “If you don’t use it, you lose it”.
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Training training training! Being a volunteer team, we seize every opportunity to better ourselves and expand our skill sets. 

Last Saturday, while on standby during The Rugged Red half marathon, members got together to train on our brand new Cascade Rescue Company litter. We also brought out the SMC Vector to practice setting it up and using it as an artificial high directional. With 25 certified rope rescue technicians on the team, we try to find a way to incorporate ropes into every meeting and training. “If you don’t use it, you lose it”.Image attachmentImage attachment+3Image attachment

Team work makes the dream work! We joined Middlefork Fire/Rescue, Red STAR Wilderness EMS, and Powell County Emergency Medical Services for a multiagency water rescue training tonight!

With floods becoming more prevalent in Kentucky, it’s important to be prepared for water based rescues.

Huge shoutout to Middlefork Fire/Rescue for hosting us tonight and Jeremy Urekew with Red River Rescue for the instruction!
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Team work makes the dream work! We joined Middlefork Fire/Rescue, Red STAR Wilderness EMS, and Powell County Emergency Medical Services for a multiagency water rescue training tonight! 

With floods becoming more prevalent in Kentucky, it’s important to be prepared for water based rescues. 

Huge shoutout to Middlefork Fire/Rescue for hosting us tonight and Jeremy Urekew with Red River Rescue for the instruction!Image attachmentImage attachment+5Image attachment
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