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OMRC Re-Accreditations

For the first time in two years, Oregon region teams gathered on March 19, 2022 at Hayrick Butte for the Snow recerts for Corvallis Mountain Rescue Unit and Deschutes County Mountain Rescue Unit. Both teams passed their recerts and are now current in those modules. Thanks to the Hood River Crag Rats for running the scenarios, and for all region teams for sending evaluators. Next up will be rock and snow recerts for Eugene Mountain Rescue and Corvallis Mountain Rescue Unit on June 3, 2023, location TBA.

OMRC Joint Training

The OMRC joint training for 2022 will be held in September at Smith Rock State Park on the 17th and 18th. The Deschutes County Moutain Rescue Unit will be coordinating the training. The main objective for the training will be demonstation of each team's technical rescue system. There have been numerous changes for many of the Region's teams and it would be nice to become familiar with how each team sets up and operates their system.

2023 MRA Summer Meeting Scholarship Awards

The Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) Summer Meeting Scholarship is provided through a generous donation from the MRA. The Scholarship is is administered by the Oregon Mountain Rescue Council's (OMRC) Board. The purpose of the Scholarship is to foster members to become actively involved in the MRA at the regional and national level. The specific intent is to assist members to take the first step in that process and attend an MRA Summer conference to see firsthand what the MRA offers. The appliation forms will be available mid-February for members to apply for the Scholarship.

Welcome

The Oregon Mountain Rescue Council has been organized in order to establish closer coordination between Oregon mountain rescue groups, to provide centralized representation on mountain rescue matters within Oregon, and to promote mountain safety.

On December 14th, 1986, the first meeting of what would later be known as the Oregon Mountain Rescue Council (OMRC) took place. OMRC evolved out of the need for closer coordination between mountain rescue teams in Oregon. OMRC provides a centralized body for regional mountain rescue issues and enhances mountain safety education done at the local level.

The mountain rescue groups of OMRC provide a system to the county Sheriffs of Oregon that ensures well-trained and equipped personnel are available for mountain search and rescue. In 1990, Oregon State Sheriffs Association (OSSA) entrusted to OMRC the role of establishing and maintaining accreditation of mountain rescue teams. In 2016, the OMRC became an Associate Member of the OSSA's Search and Rescue Advisory Council, helping to further strengthen the role of the OMRC as a leader in mountain rescue issues.

The OMRC is the official representative to the Mountain Rescue Association for all mountain rescue teams in the Oregon Region. MRA regions are formed to benefit member teams. Typical purposes are to establish mutual aid procedures, to develop techniques and equipment suited to region needs, to maintain MRA standards within the region, and to deal with state agencies.