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The Mt. Hood Ski Patrol is the largest and oldest volunteer ski
patrol in the nation |
MHSP also
purchases and maintains all of the rescue sleds and radios used in
the course of their patrolling, at a very high ongoing cost to a
volunteer organization. The equipment they own and have to
maintain and replace (about 1/4 of the equipment each year) is:
- 75 radios at $500 $37,500
- 60 backboards at $166 $10,000
- 40 sleds at $135 $ 5,400
- 75 avalanche beacons at $275 $20,625
- 6 rescue packs at $300 $ 1,800
- Total: $75,325
In addition, the cost of the first aid supplies is
$9,000-$12,000 per year. Annual operating expenses are between
$30,000- $50,000. MHSP members pay their own dues and do all their
own fund raising. The organization survives solely on donations
from individuals, grateful people they have rescued, ski area
operators, corporations, and the skiing/boarding public. When the
patrollers come around selling buttons for only $1, please buy
one! |
