The Whitehall Ledger - Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana

By KATY JAMES
Jefferson Valley Search and Rescue 

JVSAR Conducts Mock Scenario Near State Creek

 

August 31, 2022

Photos courtesy KATY JAMES

Jefferson Valley Search and Rescue (JVSAR) conducted a mock scenario exercise Sunday, August 28, 2022, in the State Creek area.

Training with Life Flight out of Bozeman, instruction by the pilot, and loading a patient "hot" (when a helicopter has rotors in motion), were all discussed. Steve Schmidt, formerly of Whitehall, coordinated this exercise with the Life Flight and JVSAR.

The mock scenario exercise involved a male individual with his two grandsons overdue from hunting for morel mushrooms.

Three groups of JVSAR members were involved, with three on horseback, three trackers, and thr...



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