Mounted search and rescue

[<smeister@brynmawr.edu>]

Hi y'all,

I'm with the MSAR unit of Greater Philadelphia Search and Rescue based right 
outside of, you guessed it, Philly. The mounted unit has been in existance 
for a few years, but has recently been undergoing some growing pains. Most 
of you seem to be members of more established MSAR teams and I was wondering 
if any of you could pass on some advice to me about how to recruit new 
members. This seems to be our biggest difficulty and I was curious if other 
groups have also had similar problems. 

I also wanted to comment on all the great ideas I've seen posted. Previously 
I hadn't been able to find a great deal of information on MSAR, but what 
I've seen on here has been great. Since there are only a couple of us on the 
mounted team we work with the mountain bike unit in GPSAR with great 
results, but it helps to know what other groups are up to. 

Keep up the good work and I look forward to learning as much as I can from 
all of you.

Sarah

Member: GPSAR, ground & equine uits