Beaverhead County Search and Rescue News
Submitted by: Mel Rice, Public Relations Officer
The Beaverhead Search and Rescue was called out for a recue on the 6th August. Two females traveling along the top of the Blacktail range got themselves in a precarious position of the edge of Monument Mountain and rolled their UTV sustaining injuries to both individuals. One of the ladies was able to make a 911 call for assistance from the crash site.
Life Flight was requested immediately and at 12:01 AM on the 7th two hasty teams were deployed to the incident location. The hasty teams arrived at the scene around 2:00 AM. Two Life Flight helicopters had already landed on top of the ridge. However, the victims had to be packaged and transported to the top of the ridge using the units E-Mule. Once on top of the ridge each victim was then turned over to Life Flight medical team and the helicopters transported the ladies to a medical facility. It took approximately 45 minutes per victim to get them to the Life Flight personnel. Once both victims were in Life Flight care and on their way to a hospital, S&R members returned to Dillon, arriving back at the building at 8:00 AM.
The total incident took approximately 90 man hours to complete. Once again the E-Mule proved to be a very valuable tool in getting injured victims out of the back county. Members of the Beaverhead SAR unit participating in this rescue were: Jack Bazemore, Chuck Maddox, David Broadhead, James Mathews, Kolby Malesich, Smittie Smith, and Steve Mock. Other members who participated as the IC team were Trevor Hyland, Cody Schnee, and Brad Wagner. Thanks for your dedication. We want to give a special thank you to Alan Conover. He saved the hasty teams critical hours of travel by allowing the them to cross his private land. His knowledge of the area proved to be invaluable in knowing how to reach the victims in the shortest time. “In the Business of Saving Lives” your Beaverhead Search and Rescue.
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