San Dimas Mountain Rescue Team

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Mountaineer applicants must meet the following requirements:

1. Be a United States Citizen.
2. Be at least 21 years of age at the time of application.
3. Be a high school graduate or equivalent.
4. Possess a valid California Class "C" Driver's License or higher.
5. Be gainfully employed, a full time student or retired.
6. Live within 20 minutes driving time of the San Dimas Mt. Rescue Station
7. Attend and successfully complete 8 Months of mountaineer training (nights and weekends)
7. Attend and successfully complete the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Reserve Academy. (nights and weekends for 24 weeks, becoming a Level 2 Reserve Deputy)
8. Be willing to subcribe to the oath of affirmation of allegiance for public employees.

All applicants undergo a thorough background investigation which includes a fingerprint search and polygraph examination. Examples of disqualifying factors include:

1. Any felony convictions.
2. Job related misdemeanor onvictions.
3. Certain serious traffic convictions or patterns of traffic violations.

Physical Requirements

Each applicant must be in good general physical condition, fee from disease or defects that would interfere with the satisfactory performance of the duties of this position.

Applicants must meet the following physical standards:

Vision: Correctable to 20/30 in each eye.

Color Vision: Anything other than minor hue impairment is disqualifying.

Hearing: There must be no greater than a 25dB loss in the better ear as averaged over the test frequencies of 500,1000, 2000, and 3000 Hz. There may not be a peak loss at any of the test frequencies greater than 30 dB at 500 Hz.

The San Dimas Mountain Rescue Team is recognized by the State of California as a Charitable Corporation and by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt corporation.