Mounted search and rescue

["Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>]

Our call-out trees are organized geographically, to optimize response time. 
(This also reduces the number of long distance charges incurred in our large 
county.) Any special qualifications for the individual are noted on the list 
so selective calling can occur.

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Jorene Downs
Tulare SAR - Hasty Team ICP Team
www.ceoates.com/sar
Tulare-Kings CERT
www.tk-cert.org


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Una Smith" <una.smith@att.net>

> This is drifting off the topic of magazine articles,
> so I have changed the subject line.
>
> Lydia Mabry wrote:
> > The only reason a 'rookie' would be the last called on our team is that
> > his/her name is at the bottom of the list.
>
> Order on the phone list probably is the main thing that
> determines in what order you get called.  So it may be
> sensible to organize the list in some functional order,
> not by surname in alphabetical order.
>
> Another issue to consider re in what order to contact
> your team members, is location of the mission.  It can
> be useful to call first those team members who live
> the farthest away from the mission location.  Or, to
> call first those who live closest, and leave the rest
> for a "second wave" deployment.