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Alan Clark

Alan Clark

Fire Chief of Sugar Hill, NH, and founder/president of the Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue Team in New Hampshire's White Mountains.

Sep 18, 2026

Gary Moore
Gary MooreCORRESPONDENT
18:42
First of all, they've got to be able to fly in the weather.
18:45
Yeah, so...
18:46
You know, unfortunately, in the White Mountains, especially in the higher elevation, we're often in the clouds.
18:51
The New Hampshire National Guard has been outstanding as far as providing resources.
18:58
But, I mean, there's an expense.
19:00
And though they consider it training, you know, their only call typically has to be a relatively... serious incident or life-threatening life-threatening either for the the person that is injured or in some cases because of the conditions of the rescuers right and you know typically when when they're called they they kind of joke, because they've been over in Afghanistan and in war areas, you know, is anybody going to be shooting at us? And they say no, and they're like, well, we'll come and try.
19:38
So they will come and try.

6 MINS LATER

Gary Moore
Gary MooreCORRESPONDENT
25:35
So the

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