Mounted search and rescue

["grmare" <grmare@earthlink.net>]

As a k-9 handler I have to keep those dreaded logs and would like to know 
what your thoughts are on keeping MSAR training logs?  What the focus should 
be and is a log neccessary each time I ride or just team training?  
Laurie Babson
Brunswick Search and Rescue
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From: Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>
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Laurie Babson wrote:
>As a k-9 handler I have to keep those dreaded logs and
>would like to know what your thoughts are on keeping
>MSAR training logs?  What the focus should be and is a
>log neccessary each time I ride or just team training?

This is a very timely question:  the ASTM task group
now writing a minimum standard for training of MSAR
team members is considering what sort of training logs
to require.  One thing is clear:  each pair of rider
and mount should be evaluated together.  A rider who
uses more than one mount should be evaluated separately
with each of those mounts.  Precisely how to document
this is not clear.  There are three broad approaches:

1. Training log for the rider, naming the mount used.
2. Training log for the mount, naming the rider.
3. Training log for each pair of rider and mount.

        Una Smith
        New Mexico