Author: Molly Williams

MRA President Testifies at OSHA Hearing

Molly Williams November 13, 2024 No Comments

Mountain Rescue Association President Mark Miraglia testified yesterday that a proposed Emergency Response rule from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration would put unnecessary and burdensome requirements on SAR teams and recommended that OSHA remove wilderness technical search and rescue from the rule. Miraglia spoke at a hearing for stakeholders to provide

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Appalachian Region Teams Assist with Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts

Molly Williams October 6, 2024 No Comments

Several MRA teams have been deployed to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, including Appalachian Mountain Rescue, Linville-Central Rescue Squad and Chattanooga-Hamilton County Rescue Service. With widespread destruction in some of their communities as well as adjacent areas, these teams are working in command post positions and also as boots on the ground in

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The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Brings us Home

Molly Williams October 3, 2024 No Comments

A new documentary about two search and rescue teams and their mostly forgotten shared history is more than just a story of difficult rescues and the hard-working volunteers that perform them. Filmmaker Mark Weiner hopes it is a philosophical look at the ways in which mountain rescue teams might provide an example for community and

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MRA Reduces Board, Makes Bylaw Changes

Molly Williams October 3, 2024 No Comments

By Molly Williams, Meridian Editor   At the summer business meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Mountain Rescue Association board approved a proposal to change the organization’s bylaws, which were first written more than 60 years ago. The major revision in the proposal reduced the board from 71 to 12 members. This option was

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SAR Briefs – Fall 2024

Molly Williams October 3, 2024 No Comments

“Where the Rope Ends” Airing on PBS The documentary that was featured in the last edition of Meridian is now going to be shown on PBS stations. “Where the Rope Ends” tells the story of Nichole Doane, a Seattle nurse who was rescued by SAR after a canyoneering accident in 2017. Doane was seriously injured

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Letter from the Editor – Fall 2024

Molly Williams October 3, 2024 No Comments

This marks my first edition of the Meridian as Editor in Chief, and I am excited about this new adventure. Thanks to Rick Lindfors-Ackerman for all his dedication to the team and for answering my thousand questions as I embark on this new journey. As Rick mentioned in his last letter, I have a background

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