SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Spokane Regional Air Support Unit announced Thursday that it is integrating new technology to assist crews in locating avalanche victims and lost people in remote areas.

Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry deploys the RECCO Helicopter Detector during a training exercise with Two Bear Air Rescue on Friday, Dec. 14. RECCO technology allows rescuers to search and scan ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — A Flathead-based search and rescue program added a new rescue tool that could make all the difference this winter. Two Bear Air Rescue conducts many trainings, but this time it is ...

SUMMIT COUNTY ” Rescue teams and ski patrols at local resorts are hoping that routine deployment of the radar-based RECCO locator system will help speed searches for buried avalanche victims and lost ...

RECCO is an avalanche rescue system that’s used by more than 500 rescue organizations around the world. The RECCO reflector, pictured above, is fully integrated into the latest snow/ski gear, and in ...

After nearly two days of searching, the body of a third person killed in a Tuesday avalanche at Silver Mountain was found using a radar emitter slung from the bottom of a helicopter. RECCO technology ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Special technology specifically designed for locating avalanche victims is credited with leading rescuers to the body of one of the victims killed in last week's avalanche at Silver ...

RECCO is well known within skiing and snowboarding circles. For decades, the Swedish company has been supplying ski patrols and rescue agencies with an avalanche rescue system that helps locate buried ...