Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>]

The volunteer program at the Houston airport has been mentioned
here before.  And in other news media (most pro but some con).
Here's a reading list:

Spring 2004
New airport plan uses horse sense
http://www.houstontx.gov/hr/savvypages/archives/spring04/spring04_horse.htm

July 2004
Houston Airport Rangers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/25/houston_airport_rangers/
(reprinted as http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0408.html#7)
Security, Houston-Style (Sydney Morning Herald)
(reprinted as http://www.schneier.com/essay-049.html)
Plus commentary, July, August and September 2004
http://abstractfactory.blogspot.com/2004/08/august-crypto-gram-highlights.html
http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0409.html#11
http://abstractfactory.blogspot.com/2004_09_12_abstractfactory_archive.html
http://www.chronicallybiased.com/index.php?itemid=982

January 2005
Airport Neighborhood Watch
The nation's eighth-largest airport returns to its Western roots
http://www.htexas.com/feature.cfm?Story=355
Airport rangers ride for Houston
http://www.landandlivestockpost.com/news/010405rangers.htm

March 2005
Tall (and Alert) in the Saddle on Airport Patrol
http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/travel/06prac.html?ex=1143694800&en=2d065b91472491b5&ei=5070
(reprinted as http://www.horseridingfun.com/darearticles.html)

September 2005
Cowboys on horseback: The latest development in airport security
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/baskas/2005-09-27-column_x.htm

March 2006
Airport Rangers Ride to the Rescue
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032500882_pf.html
(reprinted as http://www.fly2houston.com/0/2869/0/0/0/0/)


But what is really interesting is the addition of a ground-based
radar system (the new security system mentioned in passing in the
Washington Post article).  The Airport Rangers will provide many
live targets for the radar system to track during its training
phase.

January 2006
Houston Airports to Implement First-of-its-Kind Perimeter and
Intrusion Detection System
http://www.security.honeywell.com/news/press_releases/57555.html


The program's own websites are here:

http://www.pegasus.alert.cc/equiphany/default.asp
http://www.fly2houston.com/0/2055/435/499/0/0/


I don't list this program on http://www.ibiblio.org/msar/units/
because AFAIK it does not involve search and rescue.

        Una Smith
        New Mexico