Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad (501c3)Ketchikan

Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad (KVRS) — join / borrow a SPOT

All-volunteer wilderness search, rescue and recovery team serving the Ketchikan area since 1950; services are always free. To join, download the application from the Volunteer page and email it to contact@ketchikanrescue.org, mail to PO Box 5786, or bring it to a meeting; no experience needed and applicants can start attending trainings right away. Meetings and trainings are Wednesdays at 6:30pm at North Tongass Fire Station 6, 7550 N Tongass Hwy. KVRS also lends SPOT satellite communicators to the public for backcountry trips. Office/message line 907-225-9010. In an actual emergency call 911.