Mounted search and rescue

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

From: "Una Smith" <una.smith@att.net>
> Lois Guyon wrote:
> > Are there FEMA  certifications that are helpful?
>
> No.  At least, not for MSAR.
>
> Una Smith
> New Mexico

FEMA certification is not only useful but necessary if federal funding is 
expected to continue to that jurisdiction. See the thread on NIMS 
compliance.

All incidents are supposed to be using ICS nationwide, including SAR, and 
SAR needs to be prepared to expand into a multi-agency, multi-jurisdiction 
widespread SAR using ICS / NIMS. Also, SAR / MSAR has potential to be called 
as a resource during a disaster.

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