Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group

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Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group (AMRG ), Station 582, is an all-volunteer search and rescue (SAR) team based in Pittsburgh that has offered support to government agencies responsible for missing, lost, and injured person incidents since 1985. AMRG will help locate, access, stabilize, and transport patients in wilderness and suburban settings. AMRG will also aid in searches for suspected crime victims and evidence searches. These services are provided at no charge. AMRG's primary response area is Allegheny County and the Region 13 area of southwestern Pennsylvania. We will also provide mutual aid in the surrounding areas in West Virginia, Ohio, and Maryland. AMRG provides the volunteer component of the Allegheny County Child Abduction Response team and is a member of the Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council, the Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference, and is the only team in the state of Pennsylvania that is accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association. 

 
 

Please contact us for further information about AMRG services, meetings, activities, or other non-emergency issues.

Contact Us

Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group
1800 Murray Ave #81103
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 

412-567-3328

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Rescue Members are fully compliant with:

  • MRA Policy 105.1 Rescue Member/Mountain Search and Rescue Technician
  • ASTM F3193-16 Land Search and Rescue Team Leader
  • ASTM F2954-19 Intermediate Rope Rescuer Endorsement

 

 

Name:____________________________  Date Completed: ______________

 

Written Test Passed:_______________  Date Passed Operational Member: ______________

 

Medical Cert:_____________________ Expires: ______________________

 

Equipment

                                                                                                       Checked by:                                Date:          

Clothing

Appropriate to conditions

 

 

[In uniform]

 

 

Adequate footwear

 

 

Eye Protection

 

 

Helmet

 

 

Leather Gloves

 

 

Ready Pack

Adequate Pack

Compass

Whistle

Knife

Water

Food

Five Large Trash Bags

Fire Source

Headlamp

Second Light Source

Pencil/paper

High Visability Vest

First Aid Kit

Two pairs plastic or vinyl examination gloves

 

 

personal meds

 

 

3 prüsiks

 

 

2 locking biners

 

 

20 feet webbing

 

 

QRS Patient Reporting Form (available to print in the AMRG Ops manual)    
AMRG's Team SARTopo app installed on phone    
Optional: An external battery and charging cable for phone    

Survival Skills

Bivvy Completed with carried field gear

 

 

Winter Bivvy

 

 

Search Skills

Hasty Search -- leads team

Sweep Search -- leads team

Closed-Grid Search -- leads team

Night Operation -- leads team

Canine Operation

Containment

Interviewing/Lost Pesrson Questionair

Cuts Sign/Tracks

Secures Clues

Secures Crime Scene

Demonstrates strong navigational skills during day and night

Navitage around obstacles

Demonstrates Leadership with Field Team

Delegates to team members

Monitors team members' condition

Briefs Field Team

Debriefs Field Team

Briefs from Base

Debriefs to Base

 

 

Identifies Problem Areas on Task

 

 

Identified and midigates hazards on task

 

 

Safely traverse steep and hazardous terrain

 

 

Demonstrate the ability to effectively lead a complete wilderness grid search team task     
Demonstrate the ability to effectively lead a complete hasty search team task     


Rescue Skills

Tech/Semi-Tech

Setup and safely perform a rappel, demonstrating single-rope technique

 

 

Setup and safely perform a reppel, demonstrating two-rope technique

 

 

Safely belay a climber IV terrain (scrambling on steep terrain)

 

 

Setup and safely direct a mirrored 3:1 haul system 

 

 

Setup and safely direct a mirrored 5:1 haul system

 

 

Setup and safely direct a 1:1 haul system

 

 

Setup and safely direct a raise/lower system with a main line and an independant tandem, triple wrap prusik belay

 

 

Setup and safely direct a lower system with a break-bar rack or scarab

 

 

Perform a switch over from raise to lower with a break-bar rack or scarab while the system is under a rescue load

 

 

Tie basket hitch anchor with webbing

 

 

Tie wrap-three, pull-two anchor with webbing

 

 

Demonstrate proper use of anchor straps

 

 

Demonstrate the proper selection of an unquestionably sound anchor for a rope rescue system

 

 

Tie a multi-point anchor for a rope rescue system

 

 

Tie and demonstrate a proper use of a redirect on a natural anchor (aka a tree)

 

 

Demonstrate proper padding and protection of rigging lines

 

 

Demonstrate proper low angle raise/lower system calls

 

 

Demonstrate Tree-wrap belaying

 

 

Safely and securly package a patient in a litter for semi-tech rescue

 

 

Safely rig litter to twin-rope system for semi-tech rescue

 

 

Demonstrate the use of the teams litter wheel

 

 

Demonstrate the ability to effectively direct the movement of a patient in a litter over varied terrain, included approrate route selection and safety. 

 

 

Demonstrate knowledge and proper use and care of team rope rescue equipment

 

 

Demonstrate familiarity with the team's equipment trailer, including the ability to retreive needed equipment and properly return the equipment to its designated location.

 

 

 

External Certifications 

NIMS 800 (Available Online at http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp)

NASAR Wilderness First Aid or approved equivalent or a current PA State pre-hospital provider license
Current CPR
Current NASAR SARTech I Certification

Knots                                                                    Tied                                        Backed Up             Date

Butterfly

 

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Bowline with a bight anchor

 

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Load-releasing hitch

 

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Cross-chest harness

 

 

 

Clove hitch, mid-line and at end of line

 

 

 

 

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Training Officer

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