Mounted search and rescue

["Jeff Ezell" <eztech@pdq.net>]

Amy,

Sounds good. What county, part of US and name of your team? Helps us know
you better and maybe work together in the future. I wish more people would
provide ID info when they post so we get a better idea of where y'all are
from.

Who has the best list of MSAR capable teams in the US?

Jeff Ezell
US Regional Search Dogs
US Search Affiliates
...to Search...to Save...
jeff@usrsd.org <mailto:usrsdjeff@usrsd.org>



-----Original Message-----
From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Amy Ray c/o
MSAR Maintainer
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:26 AM
To: MSAR Riders
Subject: [MSAR] About RCSP


[The post below is from Amy Ray;  it was bounced to me because it
included a digest of yesterday's posts (which I deleted).  - Una]


I am with an all volunteer unit, affiliated with the County Sheriff's
Dept.  We are either mounted, ground and ATV.  We do a lot of PR for
the Sheriff's Dept. as well as assist the dept, with search and rescue
and assist with crowd control situations for the community.  We have
a strict qualifications test, and we have ~8-10 SAR TECH III certified
people.  I found out about MSAR on NASAR web site.

Our test must be redone for every horse-rider team every two years,
and it includes desensitization to fireworks, sirens, tarps, other
animals (pigs, emus, etc), and lateral movement, driving courses, and
trailer loading.  We look for anything that "spooks" our horse then
we work to overcome that spookiness.  Our entire team loves to try
new things with our horses.  That makes us a great team that works
together very well and a great team with our horses.  We have a bylaws
and policy and procedures established.  I hope that we can learn from
others doing similar activities and establish a MSAR national
organization standerd.

Thanks
Amy Ray

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