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- From: "Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>
- To: "MSAR-List" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [MSAR] SAR standards / State Laws
- Date: Fri Feb 7 07:21:00 2003
Good objective! And nice that the state already
has SAR standards. That way your MSAR standards need only refer to the rider
meeting existing state standards for SAR personnel, then also meet X and Y for
Mounted.
You might get some training ideas from Kathy Roberts' manual
"Mounted Training" - her other (first) MSAR manual is more focused on developing
an MSAR team, complete with some forms that could be useful to you. Both are
available by phone order on www.nasar.org I'm not aware of any other
published MSAR manuals. But check into mounted police training if you have any
references locally - much of the horse-related training is
similar.
We're currently wading through new SAR standards
for the county, designed to fit the guidelines recently put together statewide
for SAR. I wrote the rough draft SAR proposal for the county, and I'll be
curious to see what response it gets from reps from other groups in a couple of
weeks at a countywide meeting. Then I'll be drafting a proposal for new MSAR
standards based on the county SAR standards. From there I'll be sending my
MSAR proposal to the state level for consideration. I'd be interested in an
information exchange! (I use Word for documents, compatible with most common
document software.)
My thought is we need more than just a single
MSAR standard - it would be advantageous to have different categories, much like
NASAR has SARTECH 1-3. I'm thinking a basic MSAR level should be able to handle
rural searches on a day search, prepared for an emergency overnight. Wilderness
MSAR should be prepared to stay overnight in the backcountry. (SARTECH II
with wilderness survival training and more medical than Basic First Aid and CPR
... on a SAR-trained horse.) In some situations you'd be able to
use MSAR in snow conditions, which would require winter survival training. And I
can see 2 levels of MSAR Packers - one the generic "I do packing" who can
help haul gear and such, the other a Wilderness SAR-trained packer. And
there are situations where well trained riders can be very useful for Hasty
Search and Evidence Search.
Kern Co, CA, has their SAR requirements online in
PDF format. I seem to recall about page 20 they start covering MSAR standards
for training and equipment. A decent basic MSAR standard.
http://www.kcmsar.org/Policies%20and%20Procedures.pdf ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jorene Downs Tulare Co, CA SAR, MSAR, Swiftwater Rescue, US&R |
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Re: [MSAR] Re: State Laws,
KYCwby29, 02/06/2003
- [MSAR] SAR standards / State Laws, Jorene Downs, 02/07/2003
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