Georce Macleod, founder of Socorro SAR

About Socorro Search And Rescue

In 1971 a Socorro High School teacher fell and broke his leg while climbing the Sierra Ladrones mountains. After he was rescued, the State Police asked for a Search and Rescue team to be formed in this area. The NMIMT Gymnasium supported the team, and a student club was formed.

Socorro Search and Rescue (SSAR) is a volunteer organization whose members consist primarily of NMIMT students. SSAR acts as a member team of the New Mexico Emergency Services Council. We provide primary Search and Rescue capabilities to Socorro and Catron counties, as well as back up support for the entire state. Because of the importance of this task, our members are required to attend team sponsored training sessions, as well as being encouraged to attend state wide training. Members must supply their own basic backpacking equipment. The team maintains a cache of more specialized rescue and first aid equipment including mountain rescue hardware, stokes litters, first aid supplies, downed aircraft receivers, and additional radio equipment.

The basic membership requirements can be summarized into three items:

• You must have the basic personal equipment to survive overnight in the wilderness.
• You must have training in the basic skills involved in search and rescue. (The team will provide these skills)
• You must be willing to sacrifice some time, money and energy for training, practice, and actual searches.

Please email "ssar@nmt.edu" with any questions.

You can subscribe to the "rescue" list via Lyris.

Socorro SAR operates both as a club under the Student Association of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and as a member of the New Mexico Emergency Services Council under the direct authority of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety and the New Mexico State Police.

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