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Gear and training your gifts already bought

Real gear and training, bought for the KSAR team with donations like yours.

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The back of an orange KSAR jacket reading Killington Search and Rescue during a winter night training
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New team jackets

New orange jackets lettered Killington Search & Rescue, so volunteers are warm, visible and easy to identify on a winter call.

A KSAR snowmobile and rescue sled trailer parked on a snowy road at night with a satellite and signal graphic above
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Starlink satellite internet

A Starlink setup that strengthens the team's communications when it is working a call far from town.

KSAR members in orange jackets haul a patient in a litter through snowy woods at night
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A new Cascade sled

A new Cascade rescue sled for getting patients out of rough, steep or snowy terrain.

A KSAR member in a red Killington Search and Rescue backpack points toward the fall foliage and mountains
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Backpacks

Packs for volunteers to carry rope, medical gear and personal equipment into the field.

A small gray storage shed with a metal roof and a window, on the grass beside a paved lot
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Storage shed

A storage shed to keep the team's gear organized, protected and ready to go.

Course participants, including KSAR team leaders, gather for a group photo in front of the Vermont State Police Williston Field Station sign after the Managing the Lost Person Incident course
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Lost-person incident training

Tuition and lodging for team leaders to attend a 4-day course in Managing the Lost Person Incident (MLPI), so the people who run searches have the latest training.

In the field

Your support at work

KSAR and Killington Fire Rescue crews carry a patient in a litter down a wooded trail
Rope and rigging gear in use during KSAR training
A KSAR member tends a litter with a volunteer patient on a steep slope while teammates work the rope system above
A KSAR member hauls a litter with a volunteer patient up a steep slope
The KSAR team in red shirts posed on a boulder next to an ATV, with the Killington police chief
A KSAR member grills burgers at a community cookout
A red snowcat groomer with its beacons lit on a snowy night at Killington
The back of a KSAR jacket reading Killington Search and Rescue during a winter night training
Two KSAR members with rope, helmets and packs look out from a ledge toward Killington Peak
KSAR members in orange jackets walk through falling snow past a frosted chairlift terminal toward a snowcat at night
KSAR members in orange jackets and packs walk single file through snow-covered trees at night
A KSAR member in a tan jacket and cap studies a CalTopo map of trails and ski runs near Killington Peak on a wall screen

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