SNAPPED: Summit County Search and Rescue hold training exercise for backcountry rescues

Search and Rescue teams train during a backcountry exercise. Photo: TownLift // Randi Sidman-Moore

SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah — A day in the life of Search and Rescue is unpredictable, especially when calls come in from the backcountry. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team met in Kamas on Wednesday for a training exercise to help prepare crews for a variety of medical events.

The SAR team was joined by South Summit Fire/EMS and Intermountain Life Flight, who provided a helicopter on scene. 

The scenario-based training aimed to “enhance interagency coordination, refine patient extraction and evacuation procedures, and improve medical response capabilities in rugged terrain,” according to Summit County SAR. 

The exercises included aerial search operations conducted by the drone team, ground and mounted Search and Rescue response, tactical medical scenarios, and helicopter safety and loading/unloading training.

All photos by TownLift photographer Randi Sidman-Moore.