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3720 Walnut St
Boulder, CO, 80301
United States

303-449-4141

Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, Inc. (RMRG) is an all-volunteer organization trained and equipped for search and rescue on mountainous terrain in all weather conditions. Founded in 1947, we are Boulder County's primary mountain rescue agency, but upon request also assist other mountain rescue teams outside the county. We also provide outdoor recreation safety education and disaster response services. RMRG is a non-profit IRS 501(c)3 organization and we do not charge for our services.

Leadership

Executive Board

Rocky Mountain Rescue's Executive Board is comprised of twelve active, retired, or auxiliary members. The Executive Board directs the organization and procures and manages the operating and capital resources that RMRG needs to function.

President

The Board meets monthly and is led by president Dave Christenson. Dave has been a member of RMRG since 1981.

Group Leader (GL)

RMRG operations are led by our Group Leader, Chris Wentz. Chris is a paramedic and has been a member of RMRG since 2010. The Group Leader's primary responsibility is to ensure full operational readiness at all times. The Group Leader also leads our biweekly training meetings.

Assistant Group Leader (AGL)

The AGL directs all training and serves as a backup for the Group Leader. Dale Wang is our AGL. Dale is an Emergency Room Physician and active at the national level of the MRA. He has been a member of RMRG since 2006.

About our Membership levels

There are three levels of membership in RMRG: Support, Rescue Support, and Qualified. An individual enrolled in the process of becoming a member (always starting as a Support member) is known as a "prospective" (P).

Support members must be able to participate in search and rescue operations in the field. They are expected to be able to work safely under any conditions encountered in Colorado on all operations for which they might volunteer. More importantly, each member is expected to know NOT to volunteer for an operation unless properly equipped, skilled and physically conditioned at the time. Support members are expected to help carry loads on trails, to ascend and descend fixed safety lines with loads, and to assist in searches and evacuations. All members are expected to assist in making equipment mission-ready.

Our Rescue Support and Qualified membership levels are our leadership ranks. A Rescue Support is a highly trained and qualified field team leader; this role generally supervises field operations, builds highly technical systems, and performs other tasks at a similar level. The Qualified members are the mission leaders of the group and provide senior leadership and management of the team.

All members must meet minimum meeting, practice and mission attendance requirements each year. These requirements generally mean that even members meeting only the minimum requirements are volunteering close to 100 hours a year. Most members volunteer much more than that.