Home of Rescue One

Rescue One is the reason Club Deportivo was born. It’s financed and supported entirely by Club Deportivo. Rescue One is the only service of its kind in Mexico, and is provided 365 days a year to anyone who needs and requests it.

Working under the auspices of the Port Captain and the Mexican Government, Rescue One:

  • Provides continuous tracking of Sea of Cortez boat trips and Sonoran Desert vehicle trips. 
  • Initiates searches and/or rescues when needed. 
  • Maintains a coordination center for any emergency: illness, accidents, police, etc. 
  • Coordinates evacuation to the United States. 
  • Coordinates actions necessary in the event of a non-resident death. 
  • Serves as the focal point for communications throughout the community.

Hours of Operation

Year around, 7:00 a.m. until the last boat checks in, then service goes on volunteer standby. On days when no boats launch, Rescue One will monitor communications until approximately 5:00 p.m., then go on volunteer standby.

How to Use Rescue One

  1. Contact community boat launcher on Channel 26. Your conversations remain on Channel 26. 
  2. File a trip plan (land or sea) with Rescue One. 
  3. Give your name or name of boat, destination, number of people, and estimated time of return. This information is recorded into a daily log. Allow for a brief delay for this process.  
  4. Notify Rescue One upon your return to close out your trip. 
  5. Speak English clearly. Do not interrupt other transmissions. Keep conversations to a minimum.

Radio Courtesy, Procedures & Etiquette

Radio Courtesy

  • All communications with Rescue One are conducted using VHF radios on Channel 26. 
  • Channel 26 is the contact channel for the community of New Kino.
  • For chit-chat, contact your party on Channel 26 and immediately ask them to switch to another channel. Conduct your conversation, then return to Channel 26. 
  • Channel 26 is a very important, highly used, radio channel! Conversations, regardless of the channel, should be brief. Your cooperation is appreciated. 
  • Common courtesy is our goal.

Radio Procedures

  1. Use channel 26 as a contact channel, and then change to another channel for your conversation. Channel 26 is a repeater channel located at Club Deportivo, and can be accessed by any hand held radio in the community.
    • You can go to any other channels that works for you except Channels 16 (an international emergency channel) or other channels in the 20s (repeater channels).
    • The only exception to this is when dealing with Rescue One, calling for the “First Responders”, the boat launchers, or making community announcements with Rescue Ones permission. Then you stay on Channel 26.
  2. ” Clear Text” is used by most all emergency service organizations and is used by “Rescue one”.
    • “Clear Text” eliminates the old 10 code and other numbered codes that were used years ago.
    • “Clear Text” simply means that you speak the English language in a short and concise manor. The same is true when speaking Spanish.
  3. Always give the name of who you are calling first, then give your name example: If the “Red Rover” boat was calling “Rescue One”, He would say ” Rescue One this is Red Rover
  4. Never use extra words. Use only the words you need to clearly state your message.
  5. Always hold the transmitter button down for a second or two before you start to speak.
  6. When you have a particularly long transmission, take a short break by simply saying “break” then let off the transmit button for one or two seconds, and then continue. This will save you the possibility of burning up your transmitter, and would allow for other emergency traffic to get through.
  7. Place the mike close to your mouth and then speak in a normal, calm voice.
  8. Always check your volume and squelch buttons before using a radio.
    • The volume needs to turned up so that you can hear it.
    • The squelch button needs to be set to the point that the squelch noise just barely quits making noise.
  9. Sign off by simply giving your name. You do not have to say “over” or ” clear”, etc.

Radio Etiquette 

  • It is very rude to call someone, and give your message without waiting for them to respond.
    • You should always wait for them to respond.
    • To do otherwise is suggesting that you feel the party your calling has nothing else to do but sit next to the radio and wait for your call.
    • This is not the case, and in addition to being rude, you often have to repeat your entire message.
  • It is considered rude to call someone and not give your name.
  • It is in poor taste to use profanity on the radio.
  • Never use “truck driver” type language (“You got your ears on”, ” come on back”, “Hey good buddy”, “over and out”, “roger dodger”, etc.).

Reimbursement Policy

  • It is assumed that a party being rescued (land or sea) will reimburse the rescuer’s normal expenses. 
  • Should this not occur, Club Deportivo will reimburse the rescuer, if Rescue One requested their assistance. Reimbursement is normally limited to replacement of fuel.

First Responders – Channel 26

NameCall Name Phone / Address
Randy HattenburgRenegade907-978-3019
Ron LeetchNorth Star662-242-0277
Carl OvercastOvercast662-242-0735
Jack BaseyCaptain Jack458-224-9723
Jennifer Richardson208-863-2586
James AldrichFireFox760-902-1952

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