Mounted search and rescue

[Lois Guyon <laguyon2@yahoo.com>]

Irv,
   
  Our EMA seems to be a stand alone agency.  I need to check and see how it 
relates to other orgaizations. The head of EMA came to one of our training 
sessins and said that we would need mutural aid agreements with other MSAR 
units.  Have you or anyone else had experience with setting these up?  Are 
there FEMA  certifications that are helpful?
   
  Lois
   
  Lois Guyon
  Member
  LaSalle County Sheriff's MSAR
  Ottawa, IL

                
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In referrence to the e-mail from Phillip Easley......
   
  I'm very much aware of the destructive nature of politics when 
it comes to MSAR, sheriff's departments , and the search and 
rescue community in general. One thing folks would be wise to 
consider is developing a method for screening potential 
applicants for compatability with your other MSAR volunteers. 
After it took me two years to come up with general guidelines 
for an MSAR , and finally get approval to do so , I made the 
mistake of recruiting a person with substantial monies to 
contribute to our unit. Little did I realize the problems I was 
causing.

     Unfortunately this individual thought that making donations 
also allowed them license to control the direction of the team 
and training.  We ended up in heated discussions over the breed 
of horse suitable for MSAR  ( this person's outside interest was 
Paso Fino horses, and this breed was vigorously promoted as the 
best ) .  Without going into too much detail , training was 
compromised when it was felt to be too difficult for the new 
intended MSAR mounts.  Eventually our team lost it's credability 
and degenerated into a " pony club " . 
   
    Since I have recently moved to northern New England from the 
South, I've been invited to found another MSAR team in the 
Bangor Maine area. The agency that I had been discussing this 
with seemed to be an ideal agency, with their own helicopters, 
fixed wing aircraft, and numerous other " toys " that any SAR 
team could possibly want.  However,  another of the MSAR members 
that make postings on this site did a little checking and felt 
that something didn't look quite right .  ( Thanks Una !!  )  
Two nights ago this agency that asked me to form a mounted team 
made the evening news in a very negative way.  MASAR in Maine 
seems to be fairly upset with these people. So thanks to the 
folks on this site, I was able to stay out of another sticky 
situation.
   
     I guess what I'm trying to say is be  cautious about what 
you do and who you recruit.  It's difficult enough dealing with 
the politics of the non - horse people without creating some of 
your own.  And I'm still looking for people to form an MSAR team 
in this area, or possibly join anyone looking to recruit 
newcomers. Pine Tree MSAR team still has a listing on the 'Net , 
but is now defunct.