To provide search, technical rescue, and medical services in wilderness areas throughout the state of Maine.
MEMBERSHIP
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Please also print the Application and Medical Form which will be needed for our files when you join.
We welcome any and all applicants and are always excited to meet new people who share in our passion and who are eager and willing to give back to their communities. Being a member is a large commitment of time and energy but it also has huge benefits; to see what some of our trainings look like, check out the Trainings tab and the Photo tab!
To gain a clear understanding of what is required of new applicants please refer to the New Member Packet or contact the New Member Coordinator at info@wildernessrescue.org
We are happy to answer any questions and look forward to sharing with you who we are and what were about.
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.
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