Arapahoe Rescue Patrol provides free search, rescue, and emergency support across Colorado. Our members are high-school-aged volunteers with a trusted reputation across the state to respond with discipline, skill, and professionalism.
Volunteer Rescue Service. Built By High-School Leaders.
Search and Rescue Since 1957
Since 1957
Serving the Community
Statewide
Missions across Colorado
60+
Active Rescuers
28,000+
Volunteer hours each year
What We Do
Search, Rescue, Medical Care, and Emergency Support
ARP is an active search and rescue organization. Members train for the range of missions the Patrol may be called to run or assist with, including missing person searches, rescue operations, emergency medical care, fire-scene support, evidence searches, recovery searches, and other public-safety incidents.
The Patrol serves Arapahoe and Elbert Counties and responds to mutual-aid requests across Colorado when trained searches, rescuers, medical responders, or mission support are needed.
Missing-Person Searches
Search for lost or missing people in neighborhoods, open space, mountains, and other field environments.
Rescue Operations
Assist with injured, stranded, or difficult-to-reach people during field and technical rescue responses.
Medical Care
Provide first aid, CPR, wilderness care, patient assessment, and emergency medical support.
Fire-Scene Support
Staff SMFR Rehab 12. Support firefighters with rehab, logistics, air bottle refills, traffic control, and other non-hazardous fireground tasks.
Evidence & Recovery Support
Conduct careful area searches for evidence, human remains, or other law-enforcement-related assignments.
Public-Safety Response
Respond to partner-agency requests during emergencies, severe weather, large incidents, and community events.
ARP is an active search and rescue organization. Members train for the types of calls the Patrol may be asked to run or assist with, including missing-person searches, rescue operations, emergency medical care, fire-scene support, evidence searches, recovery searches, and other requests from public-safety partners.
When ARP Gets Called
Missions
ARP is built around a rare model: students do all of the operational work of the Patrol, and that has been true since the team was founded in 1957. Members train year-round, respond at all hours, take field assignments, and help manage mission operations through a student-led officer staff.
Adult Chief Staff and the Board of Directors provide oversight, continuity, and technical support, but the members remain the center of the organization.
Our Operational Members are High-School Students.
How ARP Is Different
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Interested in Joining?
Learn what members do, review requirements, and sign up for recruiting updates.
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Want to support the mission?
Donations help fund training, gear, vehicles, insurance, equipment, and our missions.
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Need ARP or have a question?
For emergencies, call 911. For agency, event, media, or general inquiries, contact ARP.