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Madera County SAR Teams Train For Winter Rescues

SAR snow training 3 - photo courtesy Madera Co SheriffMADERA COUNTY — Madera Snow Search and Rescue volunteers, ‪Madera Sheriff OHV‬, ‪‎Madera County Sheriff deputies‬ and two Sierra National Forest officers conducted snow training Saturday, Jan 16.

The teams trained on snowmobiles, tracked ATVs, tracked UTVs and a snow cat. Teams also conducted GPS and avalanche beacon training.

Training started off at 8 a.m. and it rained on the teams for a couple hours, but it was a successful event with everyone learning valuable skills for locating those lost in winter conditions.

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