"Volunteers are a special breed. The unsung heroes who help keep civilization humming, some deserve extra recognition for the risks and self-sacrifice they take on our behalf.
Among them are search and rescue volunteers.
The search and rescue program in El Dorado County is made up of both a West Slope and a South Lake Tahoe team. The public got a dramatic view of what search and rescue volunteers do when two cross-country skiers were stranded in a blizzard for two days in Tahoe over Presidents Day weekend.
But SAR volunteers get involved in all kinds of life-threatening situations, according to Sgt. Moke Auwae who is a supervisor in the El Dorado County Sheriffs Office of Emergency Services, the agency that oversees the SAR program."
Search and rescue: Volunteering ‘so others may live’
Among them are search and rescue volunteers.
The search and rescue program in El Dorado County is made up of both a West Slope and a South Lake Tahoe team. The public got a dramatic view of what search and rescue volunteers do when two cross-country skiers were stranded in a blizzard for two days in Tahoe over Presidents Day weekend.
But SAR volunteers get involved in all kinds of life-threatening situations, according to Sgt. Moke Auwae who is a supervisor in the El Dorado County Sheriffs Office of Emergency Services, the agency that oversees the SAR program."
Search and rescue: Volunteering ‘so others may live’