To provide search, technical rescue, and medical services in wilderness areas throughout the state of Maine.
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WELCOME
Welcome to the Wilderness Rescue Team website. Our site has recently gone under renovations to make it a more informative and user friendly place to learn about the Maine Wilderness Rescue Team.
Since 1984, we have maintained a written Memorandum of Agreement with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to provide medical and technical rescue services upon their request.
We have been affiliated with Maine's Baxter State Park, Search and Rescue Team since 1976 and regularly train with them. Along with other SAR teams in the state, we provide on-site SAR services in the Park on summer weekends. This service involves positioning at least two, and preferably four, team members in the park who can rapidly respond to search, rescue, and medical emergencies.
We maintain a verbal agreement with the Maine Department of Conservation, Bureau of Forestry to provide medical assistance to their fire suppression efforts during severe forest fires.
We are a member of the Maine Association of Search and Rescue (MASAR).
WRT is doing two fundraising raffles this fall! Each raffle will sell 300 tickets; once we sell 300 tickets, we will draw a winner!
The first raffle is for YOUR CHOICE of either a DeLorme PN-60 (a $300 value click-here for details) OR a $300 gift card to LL Bean (www.llbean.com). Tickets cost $5 per ticket or 5 for $20!
The second raffle is for an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, made by Spikes Tactical (A $1000 value-Click here for details). Tickets cost $10 per ticket or 6 for $50.
To purchase a ticket, make a donation of the appropriate ammount to our PayPal account (click the "Donate" button below!) and email info@wildernessrescue.org with the number of tickets and to which raffle. We will send you the tickets in the mail! (Dont worry, we collect the rest of the needed info in the PayPal form.
All money made in these raffles will go directly to benefit the Wilderness Rescue Team.
Ocober 15th, 2011
BANGOR, Maine ― WRT was called out today to help with a search for a missing individual in Bangor today. Four members responded at 6 AM for a 8:30 arrival time; Members of the team were 10 miles from Bangor at 7:55 when we received a call informing us that the search was ended and the individual found. Thanks for all the support! Great job MWS.
JUNE 13TH, 2011
BAXTER STATE PARK, Maine ― Rescue workers hope to have a 20-year-old hiker at Millinocket Regional Hospital if he needs to be by midnight Sunday after taking him by stretcher to an ambulance. About 30 rescue workers, including members of the Wilderness Rescue Team, Lincoln search and rescue team and park rangers, had carried a litter to the man and were on their way down from Chimney as of 8:30 p.m. They hoped to meet an ambulance at Roaring Brook Campground at about 11 p.m. The stretcher team was traversing about 3.3 miles of difficult terrain and descending about 1,400 feet.
October 11th, 2010
MILLINOCKET, Maine—An injured hiker has been rescued by helicopter from Maine's Mount Katahdin.The Maine Forest Service landed a helicopter near the top of the mountain Monday afternoon to assist 61-year-old Chip Loring of Old Town, who had injured his knee. Loring was flown to the Millinocket Regional Airport at 3:50 p.m. and then driven to the hospital for treatment. Baxter State Park Director Jensen Bissell said portions of trails had been closed because of snow and ice and said staff had been warning hikers about slippery, windy conditions above the tree line. He said Loring was above 4,500 feet in elevation and nearly five miles by steep trail from the road when he slipped and injured his knee on the Saddle Trail.
Donations are critical to the success of our team. If you are interested in supporting our mission, please visit the Sponsorship section of this web site or you can make a donation via Paypal by clicking on the Pay link below. All donations are charitiable, so save the reciept for your taxes.
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