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Nov 08 2019

Alaska mariners raise concerns about Coast Guard’s emergency radio outages

By June Leffler, KSTK - Wrangell | Federal Government, Fisheries, Military, Public Safety, Search & Rescue, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest

The VHF radio outages are affecting Prince William Sound all the way down to Sitka and other Southeast Alaska communities.

By June Leffler, KSTK - Wrangell | November 8, 2019 2:37 pm

Sep 20 2019

Updated: Rescuers retrieve stranded hiker from Juneau’s Mount Roberts

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | Juneau, Search & Rescue, Weather

A hiker stranded overnight on Mount Roberts was retrieved by local authorities Friday, according to the Alaska State Troopers.

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | September 20, 2019 4:49 pm

Sep 09 2019

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevacs a 17-year-old male from Wrangell to Sitka, Alaska, July 17, 2018. The man was transported to awaiting emergency medical services personnel for further care.

Patient medevaced from Admiralty Island after explosion

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Juneau, Military, Search & Rescue, Southeast

The Coast Guard says a 60-year-old man lost the fingers on his left hand in an explosion in the Hawk Inlet area.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | September 9, 2019 1:02 pm

Aug 27 2019

Alaska ferry Kennicott rescues boat passengers in Canada’s Inside Passage

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Nation & World, Public Safety, Search & Rescue, Southeast, Transportation

An Alaska Marine Highway ferry rescued five people after a small boat capsized Friday morning near Bella Bella, British Columbia, in the Inside Passage.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | August 27, 2019 3:46 pm

Jul 19 2019

Firefighter Craig Brown with A-1, Capital City Fire/Rescue's newest Airport Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) vehicle, at Juneau International Airport.

Never mind the smoke and sirens at the Juneau airport: It’s only a drill

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Juneau, Public Safety, Search & Rescue, Southeast, Transportation

Juneau International Airport officials have organized a simulated emergency exercise for Saturday. The exercise is required to be held every three years as part of the airport’s FAA certification.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | July 19, 2019 1:26 pm

Jul 15 2019

Five fishermen rescued near Ketchikan

By Maria Dudzak, KRBD - Ketchikan | Search & Rescue, Southeast | No Comments

Five fishermen were rescued Sunday morning when their vessel sank near Back Island near Ketchikan.

By Maria Dudzak, KRBD - Ketchikan | July 15, 2019 6:39 pm

Jul 11 2019

Pilot dies in Thursday afternoon plane crash near Ketchikan

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD - Ketchikan | Public Safety, Search & Rescue, Southeast, Transportation

The Coast Guard sent out small boats from Station Ketchikan, and a search and rescue helicopter from Air Station Sitka. Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad crews were mobilized, and KVRS found the crashed plane.

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD - Ketchikan | July 11, 2019 10:51 pm

Jun 28 2019

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka hoists an injured hiker at Mendenhall Towers outside Juneau, Alaska, June 28, 2019. The climber was flown to an awaiting Capital City Fire/Rescue crew in Juneau and taken to the hospital.

Update: Washington climber dies after Mendenhall Towers fall near Juneau

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Juneau, Outdoors, Search & Rescue, Southeast

A Bartlett Regional Hospital spokesperson says a climber who fell at Mendenhall Towers has died.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | June 28, 2019 1:31 pm

May 14 2019

A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew searches for survivors from downed aircraft in the vicinity of George Inlet near Ketchikan, Alaska.

Searchers recover two missing from mid-air collision, bringing death toll to 6

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD - Ketchikan | Search & Rescue, Southeast

Six people are confirmed dead from a mid-air collision Monday near Ketchikan and crews recovered the final two on Tuesday evening.

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD - Ketchikan | May 14, 2019 11:33 pm

May 06 2019

SEADOGS’ Geoff Larson introduces a gauze bandage with a missing girl’s scent to Tango, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever which is trained as a trailing or scent discerning dog. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)

Search dogs harness their super-powered noses

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Juneau, Outdoors, Public Safety, Search & Rescue

Search dogs trained by Juneau-based SEADOGS have a sense of smell that is so sensitive that they can locate a body underwater from the gases that rise to the surface. They can also locate someone buried in a mudslide or avalanche by detecting their scent rising up through the soil or snow.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | May 6, 2019 5:00 am

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Alaska mariners raise concerns about Coast Guard’s emergency radio outages

Updated: Rescuers retrieve stranded hiker from Juneau’s Mount Roberts

Patient medevaced from Admiralty Island after explosion

Alaska ferry Kennicott rescues boat passengers in Canada’s Inside Passage

Never mind the smoke and sirens at the Juneau airport: It’s only a drill

Five fishermen rescued near Ketchikan

Pilot dies in Thursday afternoon plane crash near Ketchikan

Update: Washington climber dies after Mendenhall Towers fall near Juneau

Searchers recover two missing from mid-air collision, bringing death toll to 6

Search dogs harness their super-powered noses

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