Mounted search and rescue

[bonnie elster <elster530@yahoo.com>]

sounds like you're making good progress & on the right
track. Searching in the Sierras is certainly different
than in many other places.
Say do you have any contacts in the Ozarks? I'm
considering relocating & I'd like to look into the
area. Thanks for any help. 
How's that granddaughter?  :) From one Nona to
another, Bonnie
--- Jorene@CEOates.com wrote:
> From: "Una Smith" <una@lanl.gov>
> > Care to give us a progress report?
> 
> The NASAR MSAR Standards Committee is referring to
> various existing MSAR
> standards and finding many common elements in those
> standards. We currently
> have well qualified committee members from various
> parts of the country, and
> plan to acquire input from various "expert" sources
> on specific topics, as
> well as general input from MSAR riders around the
> world using Opinion Polls
> on http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/NASAR-MSAR 
> I'll be particularly
> interested in seeing input from MSAR outside the USA
> since the back of my
> mind reminds me to try and create MSAR standards
> that will be applicable
> globally.
> 
> I also plan to collaborate with other committee
> chairs who have MSAR
> standards in progress to try and avoid any obvious
> conflicts between NASAR
> and state standards. If anyone is aware of state /
> large region MSAR
> standards in progress, please connect me with the
> Chair of that committee.
> (For example, CA is just firing up an MSAR committee
> to develop state
> guidelines and through official channels I have
> requested contact with the
> committee chair.)
> 
> A general idea of where we are now ...
> The rider should be SAR trained ... with additional
> training and equipment
> for horse-rider MSAR response. Since we're writing
> this for NASAR, riders
> will be expected to have NASAR SARTECH certification
> to qualify for NASAR
> MSAR certification. States / Organizations who don't
> have SARTECH
> training/certification readily available could
> choose to refer to NASAR
> ground searcher standards (SARTECH standards on
> www.nasar.org ) and come up
> with an equivalent training standard for local
> application, then adopt an
> "equivalent to" NASAR MSAR standards for local
> application.
> 
> The current plan (lots of issues still subject to
> change!) is to create a
> core MSAR standard that is generic to all terrain,
> environments, etc. There
> will likely be 3 levels of the core standard,
> including an entry level. This
> will provide a fundamental standard that we can
> build off to create more
> specialized "if you need them" standards as modules.
> 
> For example, the core standards would provide basics
> for fairly close
> wilderness response, but anyone with a large
> wilderness response area would
> likely add Wilderness MSAR to their local
> requirements for those who respond
> deeper into the backcountry. (Since not everyone has
> wilderness response, it
> doesn't make sense to include the requirements in
> the core standards.
> However, all MSAR should be prepared for an
> emergency overnight in the
> field.)
> 
> Some of the specialty modules we plan to address
> are: Wilderness MSAR, MSAR
> Packing, Urban MSAR (more mounted police-type
> training), and Mounted USAR
> (disaster response - Urban SAR / CERT training).
> 
> At the moment we're addressing the core standard
> practical / performance
> requirements while mounted and dismounted. Some of
> the core training and
> gear requirements will be specific to MSAR night
> response.
> 
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> Jorene Downs, Committee Chair
> NASAR MSAR Standards Committee
> 
> AKA
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> Jorene Downs
> Tulare Co, CA
> SAR, MSAR, Swiftwater Rescue, US&R,
> Technical Rescue, Cave Rescue,
> Hasty Team, ICP
> www.CEOates.com/sar
> Tulare-Kings CERT Program Coordinator
> www.tk-cert.org
> 
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