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The Sheriff's Office is responsible for all search and rescue missions in the county. Trained Deputy Sheriff’s act as incident commanders in support of highly skilled volunteer groups. The volunteers are organized into specialty groups including;
Sheriff’s Posse
Gallatin Valley Snowmobile Association
Gallatin Ham Radio Club
Civil Air Patrol
Big Sky Search and Rescue
West Yellowstone Search and Rescue
Tactical Divers
Alpine Hasty Team
The Salvation Army
Backcountry Hasty Team
Western Montana Search Dogs
Statistics
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2004
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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Searches (Looking for the lost) |
|
55
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37
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65
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46
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60
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43
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53
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69
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50
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Rescues (Rescuing the injured) |
|
36
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46
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35
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29
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30
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26
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40
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37
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59
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Totals
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66 |
96 |
88 |
100 |
75 |
90 |
71 |
98 |
107 |
109 |
Totals do not necessarily agree due to calls categorized as mutual aid to other counties, Law Enforcement Assists, etc. . .
Volunteers
Gallatin County Search and Rescue is made up of volunteers ranging from construction workers, doctors, retired persons, college students, and real estate brokers, just to name a few. We have recognized experts in the field of technical climbing, technical radio operations, avalanches, extreme snowmobile operation, and search operations. If you are considering a challenging and rewarding way to serve your community please contact Sgt. Jason Jarrett at 406.582.2105 or via email. There are a multitude of ways to serve from actual search operations to
support, administrative, and public outreach functions.
Below are links to two videos that showcase our volunteers. They may take a few minutes to load.
If you know a Search and Rescue volunteer, be sure and thank them for the hundreds of hours they volunteer each year in support of their community.
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