SWIFTWATER
RESCUE
IN ACTION

Through the support of our local community and hardworking team members, we continue to make progress in our goals of education, advocacy, search, rescue and recovery in the White Mountains area. Find the most up-to-date information on our training and operations programs, team recognitions and successful rescues below.

NBC Boston: "Five people rescued from flood waters in North Conway, NH"

"White Mountain Swift Water Rescue Team kayakers paddled into the flooded area to locate the stranded victims"

Union Leader: "Five rescued from surging flood waters"

"White Mountain Swift Water Rescue Team kayakers paddled into the flooded areas and with their assistance, helped evacuate four residents"

Conway Daily Sun: "WMSRT and MRS Receive Higgins and Langley Incident Award"

"The North Conway based White Mountain Swift Water Rescue Team and Mountain Rescue Service received a 2019 Higgins and Langley Swiftwater Rescue Incident Award"

Mt Washington Valley VIBE: "Search and Rescue in The White Mountains of New Hampshire"

"White Mountain Swiftwater Rescue Team (WMSRT), offers the specialized technical skills, training, knowledge, and experience of the White Mountain whitewater paddling community to support the search, rescue, and recovery operations of federal, state, and local rescue agencies"

WMUR: "Swiftwater Rescue Training"

"The White Mountain Swift Water Rescue Team has to train, to be ready to save lives when an emergency happens."

Conway Daily Sun: "Of ropes and rivers: On the water with the White Mountain Swiftwater Rescue Team"

"White Mountain Swiftwater Rescue Team started as a group of dedicated local whitewater paddlers and rafting guides, who, for their own safety, began taking swiftwater rescue training courses offered by the American Canoe Association"

Conway Daily Sun: "Conway Fire and WMSRT Practice Swiftwater Rescue Techniques"

"Skills evolutions included moving lines across river, using whitewater kayaks to assist rescuers, rope and rigging techniques, and the use of an inflated fire hose to capture victims and rescuers caught in the current."

WMUR: "Volunteers join search for Abigail Hernandez"

"Fifteen teams will be assigned areas to search, working with New Hampshire Fish and Game to map out high-priority areas."

WMUR: "Search for missing North Conway girl continues"

"The search for a missing North Conway girl continues."

SWIFTWATER RESCUE IN ACTION