San Diego Mountain Rescue Team
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The San Diego Mountain Rescue Team (SDMRT) is an all-volunteer organization located in San Diego County, CA operating under the jurisdiction of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department
. With approximately seventy active members, SDMRT responds to calls at any time to search and rescue missing, injured or stranded persons in San Diego County and, through mutual-aid requests, to other counties within the state of California. SDMRT is a fully accredited member of th international Mountain Rescue Association
as well as an accredited Type I Mountain Search and Rescue Team. SDMRT routinely works with the San Diego Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Bureau and San Diego's Aerial Support to Regional Enforcement Agencies (ASTREA) on operations within the county. On operations outside of San Diego County, SDMRT works under the particular Agency Having Jurisdiction
for the region in question.
San Diego County Sheriff's Department
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department, commonly known as the SDSO, is the primary and largest law enforcement agency in San Diego County, California. It is composed of approximately 4,000 sworn deputies and civilian support personnel...
. With approximately seventy active members, SDMRT responds to calls at any time to search and rescue missing, injured or stranded persons in San Diego County and, through mutual-aid requests, to other counties within the state of California. SDMRT is a fully accredited member of th international Mountain Rescue Association
Mountain Rescue Association
In the United States, mountain rescue is handled by professional teams within some national parks and by volunteer teams elsewhere. Volunteer teams are part of the Mountain Rescue Association and operate under the authority of the local sheriff's department....
as well as an accredited Type I Mountain Search and Rescue Team. SDMRT routinely works with the San Diego Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Bureau and San Diego's Aerial Support to Regional Enforcement Agencies (ASTREA) on operations within the county. On operations outside of San Diego County, SDMRT works under the particular Agency Having Jurisdiction
AHJ
AHJ can refer to:*Agency having jurisdiction: see Law enforcement agency*Authority having jurisdiction: In Florida, it refers to the government authority to which engineering documents are submitted for building permits or other approvals...
for the region in question.
Team History
In February 1967, two Claremont College students set out to climb the 10,154 foot tall Picacho del Diablo, the highest mountain in Baja California. They did not return to school and were reported missing. After a week-long search by Los Angeles-area mountain rescue teams the couple was found severely debilitated, near death, and were rescued from the upper canyons of the mountain. Individuals who participated in the Picacho del Diablo rescue were inspired to found the San Diego Mountain Rescue Team, and it was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in 1968.Notable Operations
- July 7, 2011 - Lost teenager in Mission Valley.
- May 13, 2011 - Lost person in rural community.
- March 27, 2011 - Lost hiker on Santa Ysabel Mountain.
- October 2007 - October 2007 California wildfiresOctober 2007 California wildfiresThe October 2007 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that began burning across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed and over 500,000 acres of land burned from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border...
searches and medical support - October 2003 - Cedar FireCedar FireThe Cedar Fire was a human-caused wildfire that burned out of control through a large area of San Diego County, in Southern California, in October 2003...
evacuations - April 10, 1967 - First operation