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  • From: BRENDADURHAM5@aol.com
  • To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] MSAR-Riders Digest, Vol 35, Issue 2
  • Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 23:33:38 -0500

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Ref: equine~vs~4X4 AND being accepted

As many have said in the prior comments, there are obvious benefits to all
types of searching. One key approach is to keep in mind is all methods are
"great when they are great". What I am trying to say is compliment and
praise
the other teams for what they do and don't allow the selling of your mounted
team to threaten what they do so well. When my team first started I
repeated many times, "we can not match a K-9, nor a foot team, (who in our
area
means local firefighters). However when the firefighters are tied up on
crashes
or house fires (what they train for) we are available to search, that is
what
we train for. Or while the foot searchers are doing line searches in
fields, we can do a quickie search through the trail or woods. And we
certainly
want the expertise they offer, from all their training and experience.

Another thing, every time we plan a mock search we invite different agencies
or teams to join us. Other search teams, fire depts, EMS, Sheriff's Office
Tactical Team, etc. Some turned us down in the beginning, some would show
up
to save face and try not to participate, but we kept inviting them and it
paid off. Our mocks always involve "live (or real people) as victims and we
roll play from the time the team is alerted to respond until the subject is
brought back to the command post. Other agencies members as well as our own
enjoy and get more out of it. Local high school, drama clubs are great
places to
get volunteers to be "lost and/or injured."

The most rewarding moment for us, was after about 6 yrs of not being
recognized
by by a local police agency, I suddenly received a phone call, asking all
kinds of questions about our training, and how to contact us 24 hours a day.
I later found out that agency was seeking accreditation and "had to have a
trained mounted search team to fulfill their qualifications". Guess who is
listed in their Accreditation Manual as their mounted S&R resource? Yep

Diplomacy and persistence pays off. Good Luck

Brenda Durham
East Fork State Park
Volunteer Mtd S&R
southwest Ohio




  • Re: [MSAR] MSAR-Riders Digest, Vol 35, Issue 2, BRENDADURHAM5, 12/03/2005

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