Mounted search and rescue

["Marie Lester" <marie.lester@gmail.com>]

Mike,
I am not certain what the anacronym LE means....could you enlighten me?
We are a completely volunteer unit, but work under the auspices of the
Emerrgency Manaagement Agency and the Licking Co. Sheriff's Dept.
We are insured through the EMA for any activities related to their
efforts, and we use the radios supplied by the Sheriff's Dept.
Marie Lester
Central Ohio Mounted Search Unit

On 5/17/06, Mike <revmp777@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Una,
>
>     Are the SAR teams in your area private groups or are they under an LE of
> some type?  Most of the teams here are private,  not-for-profit groups that
> aren't under an LE umbrella.  We don't get much cooperation from them
> usually, and almost never have access to their resources.  I envy teams with
> some "official" support.
>
> Mike Pici
> Team Commander
> Florida SAR Specialists, Inc.
> www.floridasarspecialists.org
> 727-798-9227
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Una Smith" <una.smith@att.net>
> To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 08:51
> Subject: Re: [MSAR] field communications
>
>
> > I agree with Irv that for SAR public safety frequencies are the better
> > option, usually.  Most SAR teams in New Mexico have their own licensed
> > frequency, which all members of the team can use without an individual
> > license.  That is a big plus.  The minus, a relatively small one, is
> > that the frequency can be used only for public safety purposes, not for
> > members' personal uses;  this can limit to mock searches, other training,
> > and event support the amount of practice that a member in training gets
> > in using the radio effectively.
> >
> > For my event last weekend, I chose to go with ham not public service so
> > that we could use two ham repeaters with excellent coverage (mostly line
> > of sight) in the event area.  The two farthest stations were about 20
> > miles from each other, one down in a canyon, the other up on and almost
> > behind a mountain.  Most of the hams involved were also SAR responders,
> > which was an added bonus in the event of an emergency.
> >
> > Una Smith
> > New Mexico
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