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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.
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Latest Search & Rescue News
This evening at approximately 08:49 PM, Powell County Search and Rescue was dispatched to Natural Bridge State Resort Park at the request of park law enforcement in reference to four possibly overdue and missing hikers.
This afternoon at approximately 12:30 PM, Powell County Search and Rescue along with Powell County Emergency Medical Services was dispatched to Natural Bridge State Resort Park at the staircase between Fat Man Squeeze and the Natural Bridge for a subject with a knee injury. 15 CommentsComment on Facebook Great job guys. NBSP is on a run. Thank you all again for the assistance yesterday. We both really appreciate all you do. Thank you Sammie for your response and for sitting with us. We are currently at the Ortho seeing whats next Thank you again Once again hope you know community is very thankful your group is there. You guys are true heroes. Great job and great vivid pictures. Every day you all are heroes thanks for everything you do Thanks as always You all rock!!! Thank you for all you do nice work Thx once again Prayers Thank you Thanks Thanks Tammy Ramey Jean Townsend Thomas T. Welborn Deanna Crawley Sheila Knox Sandi Herald McCormick Shanna Sayers Jack Holbrook John R May Rosie Page Barbara Bill Rogers Viviane Madden Chris Parietti ✅🇺🇸Hello Everyone It's Here Your Favourite Brand Provide Hoodie,
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It’s been a rainy, windy, and busy day in Powell County! 18 CommentsComment on Facebook Great job! WOW!!! Under extreme weather y'all managed to help two people!!! I hope both hikers will be alright!!! This area has the best SAR teams!!! Y'all ROCK!!! Great job everyone. Thank you as always. Yall been busy at natural bridge lately. Great job as Always‼️👏👏👏 The area is blessed to have this team Love how you all work together & hold each other up. Breath job everyone, thank you!! Great job! Wonderful dedicated people! Thank you! Thank you all for all you do. You all are special people Thank you for your service Prayers for all Always gettin it done! Hell of a job Thank you for what you do! Thanks fir for being there for all of us!!! I do wish people would take care to check the weather before venturing out! Thank you Dave Withers Jerrod Vance Cynthia Hale Jeff Krahenbuhl James Ransom Andrew Gosik Mike Alexander Ken Ann Weaver Kristi Melton Michelle Young ✅🇺🇸Hello Everyone It's Here Your Favourite Brand Provide Hoodie,
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Initial reports from park law enforcement indicated that other hikers in the area had heard yells for help as they were descending down Hoods Branch Trail and believed the group of four were on this trail.
Fortunately, multiple members of SAR and Red STAR Wilderness EMS were finishing a meal at nearby Miguel’s Pizza next to Natural Bridge and were on scene within five minutes of the initial dispatch.
As members from SAR and RedSTAR were establishing unified command between Rescue, Medical, and Law Enforcement in the parking lot of the Skylift and gathering witness information, the four hikers walked out unharmed and in good spirits.
All agencies cleared the scene at approximately 9:05 PM.
Personnel from Powell County EMS were first on scene and began providing medical care as SAR personnel were setting up command at the bottom of the Skylift and hauling in our SKED to extract the patient.
SAR personnel packaged and began transporting the patient to the Skylift at approximately 2:15 PM and successfully extracted them to the Skylift parking lot at 2:50 PM.
As always we’d like to thank Natural Bridge State Resort Park Naturalists and Skylift Staff for assisting with patient transport.
This afternoon at approximately 3:25 PM, Powell County Search and Rescue along with Red STAR Wilderness EMS was dispatched to a cardiac emergency occurring on Rush Ridge Trail. The initial call was received by Wolfe County Search & Rescue Team, but transferred to us as it was determined the subject was on the Powell County side of the trail.
As personnel from SAR and RedSTAR made contact with the patient on Rush Ridge around 04:15 PM, Powell County E911 Dispatch simultaneously dispatched Search and Rescue and RedSTAR to Natural Bridge State Resort Park for a subject with a leg injury near the bottom of Rock Garden Trail.
Personnel from both agencies that were staging on Tunnel Ridge immediately responded to Natural Bridge to assist in treating and extracting the patient into the care of Powell County Emergency Medical Services while RedSTAR personnel continued to treat the other subject on Rush Ridge.
Both crews battled heavy rain and strong winds multiple times over the course of each call.
Big thanks to Natural Bridge State Resort Park Rangers, U.S. Forest Service-Daniel Boone National Forest Law Enforcement, and Wolfe County Search and Rescue for the assistance you provided during both calls.
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Great news
Glad to know they were ok!!!
great job !!
Naturally they were at Miguel's!!
Good news glad they were unharmed
Miguel's Pizza always takes care of the hunger.
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