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PHOTOS: First responders show off for charity at Silver Star

Firefighters were one of the nine teams of first responders doing live demonstrations at Silver Star Mountain Resort, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.

Image Credit: SilverStar Mountain Resort/Brody Jones

February 20, 2016 - 3:38 PM

SILVER STAR - First responders took park in a live showcase at Silver Star Mountain Resort today.

The nine teams put on demonstrations and raised money for the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation.

Silver Star's Moragh MacAulay says $20 from each lift ticket sold Feb. 20 will go to the foundation.

The Vernon Search and Rescue team was at Silver Star demonstrating its helicopter winch rescue techniques.

Image Credit: SilverStar Mountain Resort/Brody Jones

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