Cove City Search and Rescue Team

10/06/2026

Looking for something to do the last 2 Fridays and Saturdays of October? Come on out and join us at Cove City FD’s Haunted Trail. 👻🎃

10/01/2026

To all my rope rescue, rope access, or any of my rope gurus. I ain't trying to tell you how you should do your rig, but this is someone from CMC, sssoooooo ......

One of the "rules" that we commonly hear from students is that the ...

09/11/2026

Okay to you people in the rope world that push the "screw down so you don't screw up." As you see in this video the vibration works both ways. When you put carabineers in anchor points or in systems that won't be manned then I would agree with pointing them down. The best way I can tell you is to do what works for you, but try to put a knot in your harness with the gate down. It sucks and you are more likely to mess up.

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Climbers are often taught things that they don't question or check....

09/09/2026

If you are interested in helping with the haunted trail please come on out to Cove City Volunteer Fire Department September 13th, starting at 5:30 p.m. 👻🎃

07/26/2026

Great informational meeting. Always good to be prepared and ready when emergencies happen.

07/17/2026

Monthly Training - Repelling

07/01/2026

We’re excited to bring back our haunted trail again this year, and we’d love for anyone interested in helping to join us at our first meeting on July 19th at 5:30 p.m. at the Cove City Volunteer Fire Department. 👻🎃

06/04/2026

Cove City Fire Department will be hosting ICS 300 & 400 in August. August 14th -16th is 300 and 29th -30th is 400. Sign up is on NC Terms.

https://terms.ncem.gov/TRS/courseDesc.do?sourcePage=courseSearch&cofId=182760

https://terms.ncem.gov/TRS/courseDesc.do?sourcePage=courseSearch&cofId=182761

This course provides training on and resources for personnel requiring advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS).

04/27/2026

I got a question for my fellow "ground pounders" and IMT people. I am making a backup tracking stick and bought a fabric measuring tape to glue on it. It has a inches only on one side and a combo inches/cm on the another side. Which side should I use?