Mounted search and rescue

[Debbie Dooley c/o Una Smith <una@lanl.gov>]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 12:04:03PM -0500, Deb8562@aol.com wrote:
>I admit I do not know the laws... but how dumb can you be not to
>call out another team from another county, another state, or
>wherever.  If you are well trained you should recognize the need
>for help and then by gosh you should be smart enough to ask for
>it. I know I have no experience in a real SAR mission as of yet.
>We are just getting our NASAR certifications and preparing
>ourselves for a call out. I am deeply ashamed as a new Texas SAR
>member to see these things, people are saying. Our team trains as
>realistic as we can. How many SAR missions are likely to be on a
>nice, pleasant, cool and sunny day? We train in everything but
>we do suspend for lighting. 
>
>All I can say is how bad is it for the lost/missing person, who
>is cold, wet, and scared?
>
>All I can say is maybe they need to review some of the basic Sar
>Tech III components like the 6 qualitites of a SAR responder.
>PROFESSIONAL, COMPETENT, PREPARED, FOCUSED, TRAINED, CARING
>
>Debbie Dooley