The RECCO system is a search-and-rescue technology designed to help professionals locate people buried in avalanches or lost in the outdoors. Today, it is integrated into millions of pieces of ski and outdoor equipment worldwide.
Air Force combat search-and-rescue, also known as CSAR, is the military's force dedicated to rescuing downed aircrew. Combat search-and-rescue missions are dangerous under the best of conditions, ideally on dark nights with no moonlight.
The Mexican Navy Secretariat has launched a search-and-rescue operation for two sailboats, carrying nine crew members, that departed from Isla Mujeres in Quintana Roo on March 20 to deliver humanitarian aid to Cuba.
The man was found on the south side of Piccolo Peak at roughly 5,250 feet (1,600 metres) elevation in what Whistler Search and Rescue president Brad Sills described as "steep, challenging terrain beyond the ski area boundary". His death is not considered suspicious.
A skier was killed in an avalanche in the Boss Basin area near Vail Pass in Colorado's backcountry, marking the first avalanche fatality of the 2025-26 winter season in the state. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), the skier was reported missing on Saturday evening, March 7.
Angel Nieves, 37, of New Bedford, was one of two crew members aboard the vessel, which was discovered about two nautical miles off the coast of Provincetown, the Cape & Islands District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Nieves was recovered from the water by the U.S. Coast Guard and Massachusetts Environmental Police, according to the DA's office. He was then brought to MacMillan Pier, where Provincetown fire officials determined that he was 'no longer viable for resuscitation.'
A 21-year-old San Jose State University student was found dead Thursday morning after he went missing while skiing at Northstar California Resort on Lake Tahoe's north shore. The death also came during a brutal storm that dumped more than 8 feet of snow on Lake Tahoe the surrounding region, the same storm that left measurable snowfall in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
During the deployment, the teams rescued more than 80 people from floodwaters and damaged structures. London Fire Brigade's UK ISAR coordinator, Ian Simpson, said an elderly blind woman and a small child were among the people they saved, which "brought home how important our work out there was". LFB He added: "I could not be prouder of the team's dedication, resilience, and professionalism, which directly contributed to saving lives and supporting the wider humanitarian response."
