MOHAVE COUNTY—Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue and Hualapai Nation Fire members participated Saturday in an introduction to technical rope rescue training.

This training is designed for new team members to learn the basics involved in rope rescues and is the beginning of a continuing education and skills development program for technical rope rescues.

This class included the instruction on basic knots, selecting and establishing anchors, setting up raising and lowering systems, edge protection methods, patient packaging and requirements necessary to maintain proficiency of these perishable skills.