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  • From: "Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>
  • To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] JUST GETTING A MSAR TEAM STARTED
  • Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:30:41 -0800

Hi, Lisa -
 
Welcome! Is the MSAR team already authorized by the county Sheriff, and you have all of your ducks in a row as a non-profit organization, etc.? 
 
If you're already past that point, I'll just mention that you'll want written standards to identify minimum training and equipment. The fundamentals are that mounted SAR personnel should be trained as ground SAR ... then add requirements specific to mounted in SAR. I'd also encourage your riders to attend SAR conferences - with/without horses - for ongoing SAR education.
 
It looks like Ian is nearby (also in CO) and he can provide good guidance on SAR / MSAR, complete with hosting some MSAR training. And if you look through the MSAR-Riders discussion archives you'll find lots of good information on getting an MSAR team started.
 
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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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