You may find the following links useful:
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Government
Benton County Sheriff's Office
Benton County Emergency Services
Coos County Clearing House for Oregon SAR information.
Oregon State Sheriffs' Association (OSSA) Manual
State of Oregon Emergency Management
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Other Benton County SAR Assets
Mary's Peak Search and Rescue (MPSAR)
Benton County Posse
Benton County Tracking Unit
Benton County Amateur Emergency Radio
Service (BCARES)
NorthWest Search Dogs
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Mountain Rescue Units
Mountain Rescue Association
Portland Mountain Rescue (PMR)
Eugene Mountain Rescue (EMR)
Hood River Crag Rats
Deschutes County Search and Rescue
Seattle Mountain Rescue
North Country Volcano Rescue Team,
Mt. St. Helens area
Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit (RMRU),
Riverside, CA
Kerry Mountain Rescue Team,
(Southwest Ireland, reciprocal link)
San Bernardino Cave Rescue Unit,
Assoc. MRA Member
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Search and Rescue
National Association for Search and Rescue
(NASAR)
American Search & Rescue Institute
(AMSAR)
Oregon State Sheriff's Association (OSSA)
Linn County SAR
SAR INFO
SAR BC - Search and Rescue Society of
British Columbia
Vancouver BC. Emergency Services
National Search and Rescue Secretariat,
Canada
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Weather
Oregon Climate Service
Wunderground - Corvallis
National Weather Service
Hoodoo Weather page,
Hoodoo Ski Area, Oregon
Weather USA
The Weather Channel
NW Mountain Weather Bulletin
Skew T Plots
Skew T Plot for Salem, OR
Skew T Plot for Medford, OR
Skew T Plot for Spokane, WA
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Web Cams
US 26 at Government Camp
Mt. Hood Meadows
Mt. Hood Meadows
Timberline Lodge
Links to various cameras on Mt. Hood
Hood River
Mountain Weather, Northwest Weather &
Avalanche Center
Hoodoo
Mt. Bachelor
Oregon Pass Cameras, ODOT
Various mountain cams from KGW
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Snow and Avalanche
Westwide Avalanche Network
Resort Cam Network
Skinet
Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center
Canadian Avalanche Center
| Knots
Animated Knot-Tying
Ropers Knot Page, with links to lots of knot pages
International Guild of Knot Tyers
Irish Climbing On-line Knot Dictionary
Subers Knots on the web
Equipment
Vertical caving and climbing device collection
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Training Resources
Wilderness Medical Institute,
Wilderness First Responder classes
Wilderness Medical Associates,
Wilderness First Responder classes
Rescue Specialists,
Leavenworth, Washington
Oregon First Responder information
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Literature Resources
Chessler Books
Mountaineers Books
Titles to consider:
High Angle Rescue Techniques, 3rd Edition
by Tom Vines & Steve Hudson
Self-Rescue by David Fasulo;
Technical Rescue Riggers Guide by Rick Lipke
International Mountain Rescue Handbook
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue
Medicine for the Outdoors
by Dr. Paul S. Auerbach, MD
Medicine For Mountaineering, from The Mountaineers
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Maps
Terraserver.com, satellite photos of earth
ODOT public maps
TopoZone
TerraFly, virtual 'fly' over USA, with GIS
view by lat/long or address
4x4books, a source for topo maps
JeEep, excellent coordinate calculator,
links to topo maps of coordinates entered
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Medical - General
Wilderness Medical Society
Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Institute
High Altitude Medicine Guide
International Society for Mountain Medicine
Wilderness and Travel Medicine
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Medical - Specific
Outdoor Action Guide to High Altitude:
Acclimatization and Illnesses
National
Center for Infectious Diseases
Travel Health: Altitude
OutdoorEd.com, Guide to Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
Hypothermia Prevention, Recognition & Treatment.
Articles, Protocols and Research
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Incident Command Systems:
Critical Incident Stress
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
- CIS Signs and Symptoms
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
- CIS things to try (mitigation)
Occupational First Aid Attendants Association,
British Columbia, Canada (lots of links)
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Caving
National Speleological Society, Inc. (NSS)
National Cave Rescue Commission
National Cave Rescue Commission
Pacific Northwest Region
Alberta Cave Rescue Organisation
The Self Rescue Group (caving)
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