Mounted search and rescue

["Ian Vowles" <Ian@modric.net>]

If you have a situation where you are no longer following clearly defined
tracks visible from the saddle, and assuming the person has some basic
tracking knowledge it is likely you would need to dismount to work from the
last track to attempt to locate the next. Equally if you are casting around
and locate a track you cannot measure it from horseback - there is a need to
dismount and properly measure and draw the track for transmission to your
supervisor or whatever the SOP's are for the mission.

The same dismounting holds true for the need to sometimes mark a clue ( flag
it ) or track etc.

Ian Vowles
Mounted Rescue, Colorado.



-----Original Message-----
From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mary
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 6:45 AM
To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [MSAR] response to Lyne Peterson regarding Mounting Patrol
TestingQuestion

When clues, tracks, etc are found during a search, volunteer members are NOT
to disturb the evidence so why would the mounting/dismounting issue come to
play here?!?  If we find any evidence, we are expected to call for
assistance via radios  carried during searches.  If an injured person is
found, that would be a different situation...obviously I would get off my
horse to assist an injured person no matter how much trouble I would have
getting back on!!
Mary Hawes
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