Mountaineer Area Rescue Group, Inc.
A member of the
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference
The Mountaineer Area Rescue Group (MARG) is a volunteer search and rescue organization dedicated to saving lives in the outdoors.
MARG has participated in many large searches spanning north central West Virginia and surrounding states over the last several years. Many times these missions are for children with autism, senior citizens with Alzheimer's, and hunters that have become lost in the woods. Our group is composed of experts in many fields including search management, cave rescue, communications, and wilderness medicine.
A member of the
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference
Our organization
The Mountaineer Area Rescue Group (MARG) is a volunteer search and rescue organization dedicated to saving lives in the outdoors.
MARG has participated in many large searches spanning north central West Virginia and surrounding states over the last several years. Many times these missions are for children with autism, senior citizens with Alzheimer's, and hunters that have become lost in the woods. Our group is composed of experts in many fields including search management, cave rescue, communications, and wilderness medicine.
Since its founding in 1997 MARG has been called for over 300 missions, 48 in 2012 alone.
What we provide the community
- Professional assistance during search and rescue emergencies and natural disasters
- Preventative search and rescue education, such as the Hug-a-Tree childrens's program
- Personal safety education, such as Wilderness First Aid for boy scouts and a "Lost in the Woods" flyer
- Communication and first-aid services for events