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Powell County Search & Rescue is a 501c3 non-profit organization working in the Red River Gorge Geological Area of the Daniel Boone National Forest. The volunteers of Search & Rescue spend hundreds of hours each year donating their time and talents to rescuing folks from cliffs and rugged terrain. Each rescue is unique and each person we rescue has a story to tell. We invite you to join with us in our mission of saving lives! You can become a valuable part of this effort by helping us accomplish what we are finding to be more and more difficult: funding these rescue missions from our own pockets.
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Powell County Search and Rescue is a non-profit, all volunteer organization funded entirely through individual donations, and fundraisings.
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We are an all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to aiding persons lost or injured in the back country of Red River Gorge, Kentucky.
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Your generous contribution to our non-profit organization is 100% tax deductible and could one day save your life or the life of a loved one.
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With severe weather in the forecast for our area, we spent the evening making sure all our equipment was ready in case we were needed. We want to remind everyone to be weather aware over the next few days.
Last night at 8:42 PM several Powell County Emergency Services were dispatched to a call at Hollerwood Off-Road Park for a UTV accident. Initial reports stated two individuals were making their way to the parking lot of the popular off-road park when they lost control of their vehicle and fell off an 80ft multi-pitch cliff. The female victim was able to call 911 herself. She reported that she was trapped inside the vehicle and that the male subject had been ejected. 72 CommentsComment on Facebook Prayers 🙏🙏 Womp womp Joe Walker Thank you for your endless rescue hours to get to them and get them out!! You guys did a great job! Thank you for all you do. Prayers for both families and thank you to all the people that helped with the rescue. Strong Work! HUGE thanks to all those strong country boys for putting muscle work together!! The night wouldn’t have went as it did without those men who gave up several hours to help! 🙏 🙏 for the both of them and their families! Thank you and all the other agencies for always being there to rescue those in need. Area is blessed with such skilled individuals Prayers Prayers up for all🙏🏻🙏🏻 Prayers for everyone Prayers for all Thank you all what you do, praying for comfort and strength ❤️ That is heartbreaking. Dear God Thank you all so much for all you did and continue to do Prayers for his family. And the female to heal physically and emotionally. I can not begin to imagine. Thank you to everyone that helped at the scene Prayers for both families 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Many Prayers for all 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 🙏🙏🙏 Prayers sent Prayers Prayers for both the families involved. 🙏🙏 So sad prayers for his loved ones.
Personnel from Powell County Emergency Medical Services, Red STAR Wilderness EMS, MiddleFork Fire/Rescue #874, and Powell County Search & Rescue partnered with civilian bystanders to search the different trails via UTV.
One team was able to locate the female patient and dispatched the remaining personnel to that location. A paramedic with PCEMS (also a member of PCSAR and RedSTAR) was able to set up an improvised rope system to gain initial patient access.
Multiple rope systems later and with the help of several different agencies, we were able to extract the female patient and transport her to the care of flight medical personnel.
Unfortunately, the male patient was pronounced deceased on scene.
Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the family and loved ones involved in this incident.
Thank you to all responding agencies and to all of the civilian bystanders that stopped to help our team’s efforts.
Attached are pictures of rescue personnel on scene setting up and operating the rope system, as well as pictures of the scene the following day.
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Thanks for all you do for us. 🙏🙏
Somebody show Jeremy Urekew how to tie a knot. 😂😂