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The Waterbury Backcountry Rescue Team
| SMR - Stowe Mt Rescue | Col Tech - Colchester Technical | VSP - Vt State Police | GMC - Green Mt Club |
| WASI - Waterbury Ambulance | MRVAS - Mad River Ambulance | NEk9 - New England K-9 | UVWRT - Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team |
| VFP - Vt Dept Forest & Parks | VFW - Vt Dept Fish & Wildlife | USCG - U. S. Coast Guard | WBRT - Waterbury Backcountry Rescue |
October 20, 2007
Called to evacuate a hunter from the woods who sustained numerousw injuries when he fell from his tree stand. The hunter was in the ground for approximately 2 hours before being located by friends who called for our response.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| K. Marino, T. Burdick, T. Strasser, B. Farris, N. Cutler, H. Cutler | WTFD | xx:xx-xx:xx | Clear, 26 |
October 20, 2007
Called to assist with the search in the Fairfax area for a missing person with Alzeimers. Team was cancelled enroute when person was located
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Farris, M. Martinez | VSP, NEK9, UVWRT | xx:xx-xx:xx | Clear, 72 |
October X, 2007
Responded to Burnt Rock on the Long Trail again for a report of a hiker with an injured shoulder. Hasty team reduced a shoulder dislocation walked the hiker out.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASI | xx:xx-21:00 | Raining, 40's |
October x/x, 2007
Responded to the Long Trail (Burnt Rock area) for a report of a hiker with an ankle injury. Hiker was located just south of Ira Allen Mt. The anke was stabalized and evacuated with a stokes.d
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Cutler, A. Gordon, T. Burdick, T. Strasser, B. Farris (responded at 0400 to assist with evac). | MRVAS, Stowe Mt Rescue, Colchester Tech, VSP, Moretown F.D., Waitsfield F.D., Warren F.D. | 13:30-08:00 | Clear, 30s/40s |
August x, 2007
Hunger Mt 2
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Lindner, D. Cutler, J. Kueffner, T. Burdick, A. Pitrowiski, A. Gordon, N. Cutler (the last 2 did not make it to the scene). | WASI | 14:30-17:00 | Cloudy, 62 |
June 7, 2007
Responded to the Hunger Mt Trail for a hiker with an injured ankle 1/4 mile above the waterfalls. Ankle was stabilizrd and the patient was evacuated on the stokes. Patient was transported to hospital via private vehicle.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Lindner, D. Cutler, H. Cutler, N. Cutler, J. Kueffner, T. Burdick, A. Pitrowiski, A. Gordon | Stowe Mt. Rescue, Colchester Tech. | xx:xx-17:00 | Clear, 60s |
June 7, 2007
Report of a mountain biker with an injured ankle in the Grand Desert area in Putnam Forest. Team responded with WASI, stabalized the ankle, and evacuated the patient on the stokes. Patient was transported the the hospital via private vehicle.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Lindner, D. Cutler, J. Kueffner, T. Burdick, A. Pitrowiski, A. Gordon, N. Cutler (the last 2 did not make it to the scene). | WASI | 14:30-17:00 | Cloudy, 62 |
November 12, 2006
An older female who was reported missing in the Westford, Vt area. Assisted VSP in searching the area. The subject was not located
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Lindner, D. Cutler, J. Kueffner, D. Higgins, K. Marino, B. Lammer, M. OLeary, T. Strasser, A. Pitrowiski | VSP, VT Fish & Wildlife, Colchester Technical, NE K-9, Northeast Kingdom | 07:30-15:45 | Cloudy, Occasional Sprinkles, 50 |
September 18, 2006
A 70 y.o. male injured his knee on the Forest City Trail on the Huntington side of Camels Hump. The intial call for EMS was about 1515. at 1646 WBRT was put on stand-by, then at 1743 we were dispatched.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 members | Huntington First Response, Richmond Rescue, Stowe Mountain Rescue, Colchester Technical Team | 16:46-21:03 | Not Reported |
July 30, 2006
Toned out to assist Mad River Valley Ambulance at Warren Falls to extract a 15 y.o. female who had fallen 15 feet. Cancelled enroute.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 members | Mad River Valley Ambulance Service | 14:14-14:27 | Not Reported |
July 22, 2006
Mutual Aid request from Mad River Valley Ambulance for a male hiker who had "blown out his knee" on Lincoln Peak. Hiker called back cancelling response and denied treatment and teansport.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 members | Mad River Valley Ambulance Service | 09:52-10:45 | Not Reported |
July 13/14, 2006
Toned out to assist Mad River Valley Ambulance to assist with evacuation of a hiker 2.5 miles above the North Fayston road in the area of Big Basin, with an anke injury. The patient was reached at 02:02 and evacuated with a stokes down the Hedgehog Brook trail.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Lindner, D. Cutler, P. Boyle, A. Pitrowiski, T. Burdick, ? (6 members total) | Mad River Valley Ambulance Service, Stowe Mountain Rescue | 22:58-04:34 | Not Reported |
June 17, 2006
The Vermont State Police Search & Rescue Team requested assistance by other other local SAR teams in the body/evidence serch in the case of a 19 y.o. female who vanished in 2004 under suspicious circumstances. We assisted with the ground search.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 members | Vt State Police SAR Team | 09:00-17:00 | Not Reported |
March 10, 2006
Assisted Vt State Police SAR Team with the search for a 43 y.o. male reported missing from Williston on February 21. His car was located in the Little River area near the dam. The area had been hit with a heavy snow storm on March 2/3. Teams searched both sides of Little River including Ricker Mt and the CCC Camp Smith on the South plateau of the dam. The subject was located at 18:15 near the old trail going up to the former water tanks above Camp Smith.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Lindner, D. Cutler, H. Cutler, J. Kueffner, A. Gordon. B. Jones, D. Higgins | Vt State Police SAR Team, Stowe Mt Rescue Team, New England K-9, Upper Valley SAR Team | 09:30-19:00 | Not Reported |
September 18/19, 2005
A 32 y.o. male Went for a hike at 1700 from the North Duxbury Trailhead. After entering the woods looking for a hiking stick he headed up the mountain off the trail to avoind a group of loud hikers and became lost before he could relocate the Monroe Trail or parking area. He continued to wander uphill until instructed otherwise. We put two members on the trails (D. Cutler, T. Strasser) during overnight calling to him. He did not have adequate food or clothing. Subject emerged on his own on Marshall Road in Duxbury at 10:10 the next morning.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 members | Vermont State Police, Richmond Rescue | 19:02-10:10 | Not Reported |
August 05, 2005
Responded to female mt biker on Rastaman Mt Bike Trail in the Putnam State Forest. Cell Phone GPS placed her in an area of the trailnear Mile Marker 62 on I-89. She was removed with a stokes to I-89 where the ambulance was staged.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 members | Vt State Police | 10:02-Unknown | Not Reported |
July 19, 2005
Appoximately 25 y.o. male hiker who took a significant fall about a 1/4 mile up the Cliff Trail above the Cliff House on Mt Mansfield. Pt sustained lower back and possible internal injuries. Stowe Mt Rescue provided medical care, WBRT assisted with the litter evacuation down to the Cliff House where he was loaded onto the gondola.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 members | Stowe Mt Rescue | 13:16-Unknown | Not Reported |
June 11, 2005
Responded to Smugglers Notch where a hiker fell up in Hidden Vally on the western side of the notch. The patient suffered a serious head injury and was combative during the evacuation.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 members | Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team, Cochester Technical, Cambridge Fire | 14:20-Unknown | Not Reported |
May 21, 2005
While participating in a SAR training exercise with the Civil Air Patrol on Mt Abraham in Warren, a member of the Search Dogs Northeast K-9 suffered an ACL and MCL injury, plus a tibia plateau fracture when she was caught between her dog and another with some hikers. Radio and cell phone communications were near 0.0 but Lincoln and Bristol Rescue squads were called via Vt State Police in Williston. The patient was placed on a stokes and transported down the Battell trail to Lincoln.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 members | Mad River Valley Ambulance, Bristol Rescue, Search Dogs Northeast K-9 | 14:00-Unknown | Not Reported |
September 03, 2004
A hiker on the Hunger Mt trail called 911 to report a hiker with an ankle injury. The initial caller continued with their hike and there was no ability to talk to the patient for further information. Interviews with descending hikers provided additional information and that the patient was an older female and would require a number of people to evacuate her. The patient was found on a rock in the middle of the brook at the waterfalls (about 25 feet from the location of the call last week). The patient was evacuated with the stokes. There were a total of 23 rescuers for this call.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 members | Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team, Colchester Technical, Mad River Rescue | 13:03-17:29 | Not Reported |
August 31, 2004
911 received a call for a 38 y.o. female hiker with a fractured ankle about 1 mile up the Hunger Mt Trail. The hiker was experienced and with her husband of 3 days she was well equiped. She was brought out on a stokes. There were a total of 22 rescuers.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 members | Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team, civilian hikers | 15:53-19:32 | Not Reported |
May 05/06, 2004
Called to assist with bringing a female hiker down from Camels Hump on a stokes on the Bamforth Ridge trail.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Lindner, D. Cutler, E. Forand, B. Jones, D. Higgins, E. Smeltzer, K. Marino, S. Guptil, A. Gordon, P. Guptil (Base 24) | Richmond Rescue, Stowe Hazardous Terrain, Colchester Technical Team, Green Mt Club, Bolton Fire Dept. | 18:01-01:40 | Not Reported |
January 17, 2004
A 911 call from two skiers who were tired and might not be able to reach the snowmobile trail parking at Little River. Vermont State Police Auxillary went in with snowmobiles from the parking lot and found the skiers at the first southbound junction on the Woodard Hill Road. The skiers were transported to the parking lot. Both men were tired and cold but otherwise uninjured.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 members | Vt State Police Auxillary | 17:01-18:34 | Not Reported |
October 03, 2003
A 911 call for an injured mt biker on the "Snow Brook Trail" near Waterbury Dam. There is no known trail by that name in the area but there is a Cotton Brook Trail at the other end of the reservoir. Stowe Hazardous Terrain went up that trail and located the patient. WBRT staged at Base 24 until the patient was located.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| members | Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team | 16:22-17:04 | Not Reported |
August 05, 2003
Mutual aid to assist Moretown Fire Dept and Berlin Fire Dept with the evacuation of an injured power line worker from a location about 1/4 mile off the road.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 members | Moretown Fire Dept, Berlin Fire Dept | 11:04-Unknown | Not Reported |
June 22, 2003
Mutual aid to assist Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team searching for missing 77 y.o. male hiker at Stowe Mountain Resort. Rescue completed when hiker was located on the other side of the mountain at the Underhill State Park.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 members | Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team, Colchester Technical Team | 17:45-19:53 | Not Reported |
January 11, 2003
Mutual aid to assist Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team with the search for a 41 y.o. missing skier at Stowe Mountain Resort.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 members | Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team | 04:23-23:00 | Not Reported |
August 05, 2003
Mutual aid to assist Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team in the search for a missing 16 y.o. male snowboarder at Stowe Mountain Resort. Boarder went into a closed area with deep snow, and was found later walking on a trail without his board and winter clothing.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 members | Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team, Stowe Mountain Resort | 19:08-21:45 | Not Reported |
December 29, 2002
Mutual aid to Mad River Glen ski area for one adult and three adolescent skiers lost. Located on the other side of the mountain. They had built a shelter. Walked them down to the Appalachion Gap road.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 members | Vermont State Police, Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team, Mad River Glen Patrol, Mad River Valley Ambulance | 20:21-03:25 | Not Reported |
December 13, 2002
67 y.o. female patient with a fractured ankle found in a limited access basement requiring the stokes basket for evacuation.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 members | 12:37-14:19-Unknown | Not Reported |
November 06, 2002
A 73 y.o. male with altered mental status wandered away from home on Ripley Road. Located later laying in the snow with inadequate clothing on a logging road in the woods. WBRT called to assist the ambulance crew with evacuation.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 members | 10:17-11:13 | Not Reported |
August 05, 2003
Mutual aid to assist Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team with the evacuation of a 49 y.o. female hiker with a back injury near the summit of Mt Mansfield.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 members | Stowe Hazardous Terrain Team | 17:05-19:40 | Not Reported |
August 05, 2003
Assist Vermont State Police with search for ill prepared hikers on Hunger Mountain. Victims found not far from the trailhead at 2257 with use of siren before we got on scene.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 members | Vermont State Police, Waterbury Police | 22:15-22:57 | Not Reported |
June 24, 2002
48 y.o. female with injured ankle on Camels Hump.
| Team Members Responding | Other Agencies Responding | Time of Call | Weather Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 members | 16:48-21:09 | Not Reported |
