Mounted search and rescue

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

Our Hasty CP is usually the tailgate of my pickup at some remote mountain 
trailhead. I'm set up so we can plug in 2 laptops and a printer, and go to 
work. If necessary, we can go mobile and insert via chopper. (Useful in 
winter when mountain roads are closed.) The Sheriff's Dept. Mobile CP bus 
might be deployed later - depends on the location and status of the 
incident.

Does NM have a different process / expectation for Mutual Aid response other 
than people showing up knowing their team members? IIRC there is an 
expectation in ICS to provide personnel information to management upon 
check-in.

Since there isn't any consistent format expectation in SAR, we just take 
along the electronic files. (If the incident is large enough for Mutual Aid, 
commonly there is a CP rig with at least 1 computer.) We indicate name, Type 
(based on the CA Typing system), special training / skill sets / 
certification, basic emergency information, etc.

In the paper environment some use an ICS form modified for SAR per each 
responding team - no emergency contact or medical info, but at least the 
basic skill sets and such are indicated. An example is on 
http://basarc.org/forms/BASARCForms/ICS211.pdf

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Jorene Downs
Tulare Co 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>
[...]
> Folks, as I've mentioned before, unlike many western states
> including California, and like many eastern states, in New
> Mexico SAR is not operated out of county sheriff's offices
> but instead is a state-wide function.  And in the entire state
> there is only one paid SAR person.  We have no 24hr manned
> dispatch office, no records office, no trailer that will be
> at every incident.  Each of the now over 80 recognized SAR
> teams (units) in New Mexico keeps its own records.  We take
> good care of each other, the old fashioned way:  we work as
> a team, and we know the people with whom we work.
>
> Una Smith
> New Mexico