[MSAR] Re:Night Searches MSAR-riders Digest, Vol 14, Issue 3

bbob bbob at northlink.com
Fri Mar 5 12:58:38 EST 2004


At 10:06 AM 3/5/04, you wrote:
>As much as you may  hate to hear it, sometimes it is simply safer to 
>resume the search at first light.
>
>   Tomi' Finkle
>   TROT Search & Rescue Mounted Team
>   State of Maryland

  I am in complete agreement.  Our primary objective is to not make the 
situation any worse than it already is. We accomplish our primary objective 
by being prepared in everything from proper maintenance of our tow-vehicles 
and trailers, conditioning and training ourselves and horses, and by 
recognizing our limitations in order to avoid redirecting resources from 
the search in order to extricate an injured rider or injured horse from the 
search area.

Night searches are unavoidable but (at least in the rugged terrain of 
north-central Arizona) should be limited to familiar trails and terrain and 
extremely urgent circumstances, and even then, it may be prudent to leave 
the horses in base-camp and search on foot until first light.

Roger Eads
Coordinator
Yavapai County Sheriff's Mounted Unit






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