The Southern Arizona Rescue Association spends thousands of hours on rescue missions each year—all volunteered hours.
Their training to become an “orange shirt” rescuer takes about one year of hands-on classes and exercises.
“If you get into trouble and you need help, it's just such a luxury that we have to have people that would come and help you. I’d like to be a part of that,” said Rachelle Tomei.“I was in surgery all morning, operating on a young child, and then dropped them off in the ICU, rode my bike home and came here,” said Tomei.“I think all of us that have been out in the outdoors, know what that feels like when you feel like you're lost, and no one will ever find you again,” Tomei said.
Helicopter operations filled one of the three times a week trainees meet in the beginning of their process.
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