| Show Jeep Patrol Is Featured The dramatic volunteer work of cf the Utah Jeep Search and Rescue A Association is featured Inthe in inthe inthe the March issue of ot The Monitor magazine for Mountain States Telephone employees In the company's company's com com- pany's eight state region Commander of the Utan group Is Gail Gall Gill Salt Lake district engineer for Mountain States Telephone Eight other MST men are members of the organization Local leaders include Chief C. C W. W Frost Of Jf Morgan County former Deputy Sheriff Mike Ivers Park City and Lt Glen Blonquist atI of at I Coalville The Monitor shows the Utah group started in fn 1946 with the organization of the Bountiful Jeep Patrol consisting of a hill half dozen men and a few surplus war jeeps Today the association has 24 5 Jeep Patrols located throughout the state It has a total membership membership member member- ship of more than men who perform the their i r vital operations using jeeps jeep 25 trucks 11 mobile mobile mo mo- bile first aid units and nine over over- the the snow snow vehicles Members also have 30 boats and 16 airplanes available for search and rescue work Total value of ot t this his privately-owned privately equipment i dedicated to the public service exceeds 2 million I Working with the sheriffs sheriff's office in their counties members of ot the patrols aid in search operations oper oper- I for persons lost is inaccessible sible eible bie areas rescue persons Injured or stranded in th the mountains and help lp In recovering drowning vic vie tims They are available to local C Civil i v II Defense organizations In Inthe inI inI the of wartime emergencies e I Each member of ot the pay dues I In organization normally furnishes furnishes fur fur- his own vehicle and equipment equipment equipment equip equip- I 1 ment and pays for his own food while on search and rescue mis- mis I I. dons rions I |
