CBSAR Web Links

IMPORTANT WEB LINKS

NEARBY EMERGENCY SERVICE AGENCIES:

Emergencies: dial 911

Crested Butte Marshal's Office: 507 Maroon Ave, Crested Butte, Office: 970-349-5231; www.crestedbutte-co.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={4682E44B-5434-4EDB-9954-10C0AC6ACB8F}

Mt. Crested Butte Police Department: 911 Gothic Road, Mt. Crested Butte, Office: 970-349-6516

Gunnison County Sheriff's Office, Rick Murdie, Sheriff: 970-349-1113, or for Emergencies dial 911; www.co.gunnison.co.us/Elected/sheriff, sheriff@co.gunnison.co.us

Gunnison Dispatch: 970-641-8000 (Serves Crested Butte and Gunnison); www.ci.gunnison.co.us/police/dispatch

Crested Butte Fire Protection District: Office: 970-349-5333; District Manager: ext 1, Fire: ext 2, EMS: ext 3; www.cbfpd.org

Gunnison Valley Hospital: Gunnison, Office: 970-349-641-1456, www.gvh-colorado.org

Ski Area Clinic: Mt. Crested Butte, Office: 970-349-2981

Elk Avenue Medical Center: Crested Butte, Office: 970-349-1046

Dr. Thomas Moore's Clinic: Mt. Crested Butte, Office: 970-349-2677

Poison Control Center (Rocky Mountain): 800-332-3073

Western State College Mountain Rescue Team: Cache: 970-943-2112, www.western.edu/wscmrt/,

Program Advisor: Jake Jones, jjones@western.edu, 970-943-7051

AVALANCHE SPECIFIC SITES AND ARTICLES:

Colorado Avalanche Information Center: http://geosurvey.state.co.us/avalanche

Canadian Avalanche Association: www.avalanche.ca

The Snow and Avalanche Center (csac.org)

Avalanche.org

Avalanche Tutorial (Manti Le-Sal Avalanche Center)

LIGHTNING STRIKE SITES AND ARTICLES:

WILDERNESS MEDICINE SITES AND ARTICLES:

Wilderness Medical Associates: Wilderness medical training, first responders, first aid and EMT training: www.wildmed.com and www.medicalofficer.net

CB Outdoors Inc.: Wilderness medicine instruction: http://www.cboutdoors.com

SEARCH & RESCUE SITES:

Mountain Rescue Association: The National Mountain Rescue Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives through rescue and mountain safety education: www.mra.org

RMRG (Rocky Mountain Rescue Group) Home: Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (RMRG) is an all-volunteer organization specializing in search and rescue: www.rockymountainrescue.org

National Association for Search and Rescue

Search & Rescue Society of British Columbia

Mountain Wave Emergency Communications: www.mwave.org

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE: 507 Maroon Avenue, Crested Butte, Office: 970-349-5338; www.crestedbutte-co.gov

TOWN OF MT. CRESTED BUTTE: 911 Gothic Road, Mt. Crested Butte, Office: 970-349-6632; www.mtcrestedbuttecolorado.us

CITY OF GUNNISON: 201 West Virginia Ave, Gunnison, Office: 970-641-8080; www.ci.gunnison.co.gov

GUNNISON COUNTY: Office: 970-641-0248; www.co.gunnison.co.gov

STATE & FEDERAL EMERGENCY LINKS:

Colorado Dept of Public Safety, Division of Fire Safety

DHS/FEMA: www.fema.gov www.ready.gov

National Fire Protection Agency

US Fire Administration

Colorado State Fire Chiefs' Association

Colorado Fire Fighters' Association

Colorado FireWise (how to protect your home from wild fire)

U.S. Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Region

Fire Marshal's Association of Colorado

International Association of Fire Chiefs

U.S. Bureau of Land Management

National Weather Service fire page

National Interagency Fire Center, 208-387-5050

U.S. Forest Service National Fire Plan

Mile High Red Cross, 303-722-7474

LOCAL WEB REFERENCES

Note: Click on the images below to go to their web sites. These are the best sites for a host of information about the area.

Great web site full of information on CB and Gunnison area.

Check out their Links section.

Gunnison Country Chamber of Commerce

Crested Butte &

Mt. Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce

Visit

Crested Butte

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Gunnison.com

CBMR,

The Ski Company

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CRESTED BUTTE SEARCH & RESCUE: Crested Butte, CO 81224-0485. Office: 970-349-5028 (answering machine), PO Box 485; Station Address: 827 Butte Avenue. CBSAR operates under the authority of the Gunnison County Sheriff and is responsible for handling backcountry emergencies within the approximate 4,000 square miles of the National Forest and wilderness surrounding Crested Butte, Colorado. CBSAR maintains expertise in high angle rescue, avalanche, and wilderness search operations. www.CrestedButteSAR.org.
We are fully accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA).
President: Nicholas Kempin, kempinnj@hotmail.com, H: 970-349-0129, W: 970-641-0320

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