Membership Info

AMRG members bring a variety of skills to SAR operations. It is not necessary that every member be a proficient mountaineer or climber. We are looking for individuals who are experienced backcountry travelers with solid navigation and survival skills and  some familiarity with Alaska's backcountry, who are willing to train extensively in one or more SAR specialties. Persons with previous experience in mountaineering, rock, and ice climbing, ski-patrolling, wilderness medical care, helicopter operations, snowmachining/ATV riding, search management, incident command, or swiftwater rescue are highly preferred, but we are in need of assistance of all types and have an auxiliary membership for those who want to help AMRG but not in field operations.

Individuals who have sufficient time to volunteer are needed to work in all of the following skill areas:

• Technical rock, snow and ice climbing;
• Search and Rescue Incident Command (search management);
• Avalanche response
• Wilderness Medicine;
• Mapping/GIS/wilderness search planning
• Communications Dispatch
• Communications Maintenance
• SAR Equipment Maintenance
• Motorized Equipment Maintenance
• Information Services (Website maintenance);
• Fundraising;

If you are interested in volunteering with AMRG, please review our Membership Categories and Skills Checklists summary.  After reading what is expected, if you would like to be considered for membership, please fill out an AMRG Membership Application and e-mail a copy to:  amrg@amrg.org, or send it to our mailing address. Alternatively, you can just bring it to a regularly-scheduled AMRG meeting (see Calendar page)--we'd be happy to talk to you about how you can help.

Alaska Mountain Rescue Group
PO Box 241102
Anchorage, Alaska 99524
 

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