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Home Congratulations! You have found the Wilderness Rescue Team, Inc. web site. We would like to thank everyone for making the 2009 MASAR event which was held at the Jordan Grand Summit Hotel a success. Special thanks goes out to MASAR, Maine State Police, Solo, Sere School, MESARD, and Baxter State Park for coming in and giving great educational classes. Thanks also to the Maine Warden Service, Tom Terry, and Bill Yeo for giving outstanding speeches and to all the other SAR teams that participated in making this event a great one. One last thanks goes out to our sponsors listed below who were gracious enough to donate time, money, and their products to help make the 2009 MASAR a success. On behalf of Wilderness Rescue Team, we thank you all. The Wilderness Rescue Team is an all-volunteer, non-profit corporation that has been serving the people of Maine for more than 35 years. Our mission is to provide search, technical rescue, and medical services in wilderness areas throughout the state. Here are some highlights of our activities and affiliations: 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). On average, the Wilderness Rescue Team responds to more than five wilderness emergencies each year. Although our responses are relatively few when compared with municipal emergency services, our skills and services fill a critical need. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for municipal emergency services to provide the types of search and rescue services that we provide. We spend a great deal of time training for the operations that we are asked to execute and are always ready to respond when called. One-third of the funding for the Wilderness Rescue Team comes from dues that are collected from our members. The other two-thirds of the funding comes from donations of cash, equipment, and services from independent individuals and organizations. 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 donations link below. This Wilderness Rescue Team web site is intended to serve our members and inform our visitors. Please enjoy your time here and do not hesitate to contact us via if you would like further information. Please click on the links below to check out some of our sponsors. Sterling Rope  Eastern Mountain Sports   Home  Archived Minutes  Administration  Operations  Training  Membership  Minutes  Sponsorship  Gear Swap  Members Only  Links  Photos Copyright © 1999-2009 Wilderness Rescue Team, Inc.    Terms of use.