Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group

Yesterday the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police requested AMRG's Boat & Water Search Team for an operation on the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers around point state park. Pittsburgh River Rescue, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, and AMRG each provided boats and AMRG canines worked from each of the platforms. Joint operations like these help to familiarize our search dogs with different types of boats and allow our crews to coordinate the operation of multiple boats working together.

In addition to water searching, we also conducted boat-to-boat transfers, and worked through significant distractions including many recreational boats on the water and being in close proximity to two sets of celebratory fireworks when the Pirates hit home runs. What a second inning! Go Buccos! Raise It!

Another great night of K9 training in the books. Despite the rain and muddy conditions, our handlers and dogs showed up ready to work with high spirits and strong teamwork throughout the evening.

Trailing and air scent teams worked side-by-side on a variety of search problems, while our HRD teams trained on elevated, concealed, and shoreline scenarios. These environments challenge both dog and handler to work through difficult scent conditions and build the confidence and skills needed for real-world deployments.

Many of our searches take place at night and in less-than-ideal weather conditions, so it is critical that our K9 teams are prepared to operate effectively in the dark, rain, cold, and difficult terrain. Training in these conditions helps ensure our dogs remain confident, reliable, and mission ready when the call comes.

A huge thank you as well to Wilderdog for their generous donation of treat pouches for our K9 teams. We truly appreciate the support for our working dogs and handlers!

Outstanding work by Keystone State Park DCNR Park Manager Kris Baker - who is well deserving of this life saving award from Latrobe City Council!

We are honored to have worked with Park Manager Baker on a number of SAR incidents and trainings.

Three standout citizens honored at Latrobe City Council meeting Latrobe City Council honored three community members for exceptional work Monday night.

Update on missing juvenile from Whitehall PD: