Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>]

Horse owners in Florida with any sense will be prepared to shelter
in place;  the state is essentially impossible to evacuate.  Too
many people and too few routes off the peninsula.  For wildfires
here in New Mexico I also encourage horse owning friends to prepare
to shelter in place, but many horse owners expect also to evacuate.
So my MSAR team will be giving a series of clinics for a community
at particularly high risk.

Does anyone here have relevant evaluation forms already prepared?
We could use forms for trailer rig safety checks, trailer driving
skills, horse handler's trailer loading and unloading skills, and
(last but not least) horses' ground manners and trailering skills.

We could also use some forms for developing individual evacuation
plans.  Eg., a form where the horse owner writes down where they
will take their horse, contact names and numbers, how they will
mark their horse in case someone else takes it, relevant issues
to keep in mind (horse freaks about X, horse needs medications or
a special diet), etc.

        Una Smith
        Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse