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  • From: Richard Lynch <cavalrycpt@hailstorm.org>
  • To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] Brief mission yesterday
  • Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:34:50 -0400

Una,

Good job! Thanks for the undated.

Dick - NH



On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Una Smith <una.smith@att.net> wrote:

> I worked extended dispatch from home, starting at 02:40 AM. Extended
> dispatch means I called SAR teams to activate them and give them an
> initial briefing and directions, called the forest service to notify
> them of a SAR mission in their jurisdiction, and stayed by the phone.
>
> On Sunday the subjects drove on a very poor dirt road 30 miles into
> a national forest to pick mushrooms. New Mexico is in severe drought
> all over the state and mushrooms grow only when and where there has
> been rain. Rain in New Mexico equals severe mud. When they tried
> to drive out their truck got stuck and/or broke down. Cell service
> was very poor. They hiked to a ridge to call a tow truck (none came)
> then after midnight they called 911. They had children with them
> and were not equipped to stay overnight (much less days) out in the
> forest. Normal night time temperatures are in the low 50's F and a
> system of severe thunderstorms has been passing across the state.
>
> All we did was send in a few SAR volunteers to give them a ride out,
> plus some planning and calling some additional resources just in case
> the situation got worse. That has been known to happen.
>
> The location was near the Colorado border so I was also looking at
> activating SAR resources from Colorado and seeking information about
> the current condition of the "road" into this forest from the other
> side.
>
> Communications used a combination of text messaging for low priority
> information and verbal relay by telephone and radio for the higher
> priority stuff.
>
> Una Smith
> New Mexico
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