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  • From: Tm' Fi <tfinkle@erols.com>
  • To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] Horse search Protocal
  • Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:12:46 -0500

Pam - Very well said, you are right on the mark with your responses!
Working together and training together is paramount! Attending mock searches, join team training events and state wide SAR exercises is the foundation needed for a successful SAR mission. Regardless of what your shoulder patch reads, teamwork and teams uniting under an AHJ as "one team" ( as you said) brings about success and professionalism. I am glad there is a nationwide trend of turning away self-deployers and focusing towards the deployment of properly established well trained SAR teams.
Tomi`
Asst. Commander
TROTSAR Mounted Team
State of Maryland


The Hitchn Post wrote:

Susan Watkins ask who has the right of away.

All are there to help... each with specialty "items"... Dogs, horses, ground pounders, or ATV'S. Who
has the right of way? The subject of the search. What is wrong with politeness? Dogs will not be confused by
others in the area...If they find other searchers, they get a reward and keep on searching. Find a horse and
rider, an ATVer, a ground pounder? Ask each other how their search is going, compare notes, give each other
help, "I saw something interesting over there" or "My dog seemed interested in this area but we
couldn't get to it, can you check it out? And visa versa. Each searcher should know how to act around each other
whether it is a horse team, dog team, ATVer, or pounder...that is a training issue! Searchers need to forget
"territory" and work together. Working together only insures EVERYONE'S success and a quicker solution
to the problems and a a happy ending! THE MISSING SUBJECT HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY! NO ONE ELEMENT OF THE SEARCH IS
BETTER THAN THE OTHER OR MOR
E IMPORTANT. It should be called a search TEAM because they train together
and work together assuring the best outcome for the subject. Then the whole
team has the find....not the dog and handler, not the horse and rider, not
the ATVer not the ground pounder....THE TEAM.
This is a very good reason why areas which have the luxury of several
different search amenities HAVE to train together and work things out
TOGETHER before they meet and are strangers on the search...

Pam Williams, Commander
Iron County, Utah MSAR






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