The Haines Volunteer Fire Department is adding a search and rescue unit to its ranks, with bylaws set for adoption at their June 10 meeting.
“We’re forming because we see that there’s an absolute need for it,” fire chief Al Giddings said last week.
There have been several search and rescue formation attempts in Haines in past years, but the groups were not sustained.
In 2018, there were seven documented search and rescue call-outs, where…