GCSAR Statistics
A Juggle of Numbers - Grand County Search and Rescue

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Number of Incidents by Month
 

Year Jan Feb Mar  1/4 Apr May Jun  1/2 Jul Aug Sep  3/4 Oct Nov Dec Year Helo
1996 4 5 2 11 12 14 7 44 5 5 5 59 6 9 4 78  
1997 4 6 10 20 8 16 9 53 4 6 5 68 9 8 0 85  
1998 0 1 5 6 18 15 3 42 10 2 4 58 9 3 1 71 12
1999 1 1 15 17 4 11 8 40 6 8 9 63 13 7 3 86 ?
2000 2 4 9 15 13 14 7 49 3 2 9 63 7 0 0 70 ?
2001 0 2 5 7 11 8 6 32 6 3 2 43 2 5 1 51 ?
2002 0 3 9 12 8 10 12 42 5 7 7 61 9 5 3 78 12
2003 2 1 6 9 12 11 6 38 7 5 11 61 9 5 0 75 15
2004 1 1 15 17 13 9 6 45 2 5 5 57 3 3 5 68 11
2005 4 3 13 20 12 15 5 52 9 7 13 81 16 5 2 104 24
2006 1 4 6 11 12 14 10 47 8 2 6 63 17 9 2 91 21
2007 3 2 14 19 24 14 5 62 7 3 9 81 7 7 3 98 17
2008 1 2 12 15 15                        


 

General Statistics

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

Members as of Dec. 31 31 29 30 27 22 27 23 26

30

35
Trainees as of Dec. 31 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5

5

1

Total Calls 98 91 104 68 75 78 51 70

86

71

Paged Calls 90 82 97 62 69 71 45 65 73 61
Unpaged Calls 8 9 7 6 6 7 6 5 13

10

Person-Hours at Responses - - - - - - - -

-

-

Average Responders per Call 6.7 6.2 6.8 6.7 6.5 7.3 8.5 8.2

7.8

7.8
Average Training Meeting Attendance - - - - - - 15.5 18.2 20

22

Approx. Miles Driven   9058 12362 6530 9351 8307 - -

-

-

Total People Assisted (Approx.) - - - - - - - -

142

104

                     

Types of Calls

2007

2006

2005

2004 2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

Searches

23

19 28 28 26 18 14 17 33 23
Ambulance Assists

55

47 56 33 31 38 22 32 32

24

Rescues

9

10 11 4 5 3 13 15 19

22

Others

11

15 9 3 13 19 2 6 2

2


Types of Victim

2007

2006

2005

2004 2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

Mountain Bikers 25 24 27 27 31 32 22 37 39

43

Swimmers/Boaters 8 5 8 1 4 1 3 3 6

3

Hikers/Skiers 14 21 19 15 10 9 12 7 19

10

Motorists/Jeepers/ATVers/Dirt Bikers 35 20 32 20 14 16 7 9 11

9

Climbers/Rappellers 0 3 3 1 3 1 2 2 4

0

BASE Jumpers 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 3 1

2

Dogs 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2

0

Cowboys 1 1 1 0 3 1 1  

 

 

Others 15 16 8 4 8 17 3 9 4

4


Response Locations

2007

2006

2005 2004

2003

2002 2001

2000

1999

1998

Slickrock Bike Trail

8

13

8 6 13 13 9 13

23

19

Colorado River 6

4

7 1 4 4 1 2

1

2

Poison Spider 2

1

4 4 1 4 2 3

2

8
Moab Area 1

6

4 2 1 4 3 6 4

3

Other Assorted Areas 25

17

18 15 12 12 2 2

3

4

Porcupine Rim 8

5

6 8 6 4 7 5

5

10

Amasa Back 1

2

1 1 3 1 1 1

1

1

LaSal Mountains 0

3

1 0 2 0 3 6

5

1
Pritchett Canyon 0

1

1 1 1 6 1 3

2

0

Gemini Bridges 1

0

1 1 2 2 1 3

6

3

Golden Spike Trail 3

1

4 2 2 0 0 0

6

2
Millcreek Canyon/Flat Pass Area 5

3

9 1 5 5 3 2

8

3

Westwater Area (Colorado River) 4

2

1 0 0 0 1 0

3

0

Arches National Park 10 11 4 4 1 6 4 4

1

1
Canyonlands National Park 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 0

0

1

Bartlett Wash/Blue Hills Area 1

1

1 0 0 0 0 2

1

0

Upper Courthouse/Monitor-Merrimac 3

3

3 0 1 0 0 0 1

2

Highway 128 Area 0

1

2 0 0 0 1 0

0

1

Kane Creek Area 2

3

6 4 4 3 2 1

4

2

Moab Rim 2

3

1 8 0 1 1 3

2

1

Seven-Mile Canyon 1

0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0

0

Delores Triangle/Delores River 0

0

0 2 3 0 0 0

1

1

Sand Flats 1

3

7 4 2 5 3 1

0

1

Spring Canyon Area 0

0

0 0 0 0 0 3

0

1

Negro Bill Canyon 2

0

1 0 2 1 0 1

0

3

Castle Valley/Fisher Valley 0

2

0 0 3 1 2 0

3

0

Onion Creek 2

0

1 0 0 0 0 3

 

 

Mineral Canyon area 2

0

2 0 0 0 0 2

2

 

Klondike Bluffs area 3

4

4 1 2 2 0 3

 

 

Sovereign Trail- 2 0 3 0 0 0        
Book Cliffs 2

2

2 2 1 1 2 0

2

 

The Green River 1

0

0 0 1 0 0 1