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- From: "BC911" <usark9@warpdriveonline.com>
- To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Fw: [MSAR] Home Land Security
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:26:04 -0700
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security
There is a disaster first responder class being given in WV at the end of
April. It is a class being given by Teresa McPherson from VA Task Force I, and
Ann Wickman from CO Task Force I. I will be there to learn how they set the
class and to lend a hand where needed.
Local SAR/MSAR need to get on the band wagon and get dome USAR training
under their belts. The National FEMA/DHS system is just not equipped to be on
scene as fast as we would like and if local resources were trained in first
responder USAR skills, more lives could be saved in those first precious
hours.
I am anxious to learn what skills they are going to be teaching so that I
will have a better idea how to set up and train local SAR resources. This class
will be given mainly to K-9 units, but I'm sure there is a way to incorporate
MSAR into the works. I don't know how most MSAR units work, but with K-9s,
especially for FEMA/DHS, If we are called and it turns out that a K-9 is
not the appropriate resource, or we find ourselves in a Haz Mat
situation, we are to take the K-9 out of the area and work in whatever
capacity that we can.
As a K-9 Search Specialist with FEMA/DHS, my job might be to cut up fallen
trees from a structure with a chainsaw, or even put on a HazMat suit and work a
Decon station. We are cross trained for many jobs to prepare us for just about
anything that might come along.
I don't expect any of you to dawn a Type A HazMat suit, but there are many
ways that you can be of assistance in a disaster without a horse if you are
trained in some USAR and most of you already have skills that can be used in a
USA situation. Even manning the com's statin can be a great help. I'm sure that
many of you can run a chainsaw. You just need to be trained how to look for
potential hazards that you can run into that are unique to USAR vs. SAR/MSAR.
In short, working a collapsed structure is not like a hike or mounted ride
in the woods, and while you want to help and certainly already have many skills
and training that you can use in a disaster, please get additional training
before running into a disaster scene.
Safety is everything both for the responders and to the victims.
IMHO ;0)
B. Diane Whetsel EMT I
Search Dogs Southwest NASAR SAR Tech II
FEMA DHS Canine Disaster Readiness Evaluator
FEMA/DHS NMTF I, CSS 911BC, Search and Recovery If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they
went.
~~Will Rogers |
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RE: [MSAR] Home Land Security
, (continued)
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RE: [MSAR] Home Land Security,
Ian Vowles, 03/25/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security,
Jorene Downs, 03/25/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security, BC911, 03/25/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security,
Jenny Ryman, 03/26/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security,
Jorene Downs, 03/26/2004
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[MSAR] Re: [PL 105-19] Home Land Security,
tm'-fi, 03/26/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Re: [PL 105-19] Home Land Security, BC911, 03/26/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Re: [PL 105-19] Home Land Security, tm'-fi, 03/26/2004
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[MSAR] Re: [PL 105-19] Home Land Security,
tm'-fi, 03/26/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security, BC911, 03/26/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security, Jenny Ryman, 03/26/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security,
Jorene Downs, 03/26/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security,
Jorene Downs, 03/25/2004
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RE: [MSAR] Home Land Security,
Ian Vowles, 03/25/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Home Land Security, tm'-fi, 03/27/2004
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