Mounted search and rescue

["T'mi Fi" <tfinkle@erols.com>]

Thanks for your response, I will add California to my list.  Although 
informative, I am not concerned with local, county or projected 
standards at this time, as trying to identify what States have current 
MSAR Standards.  

FYI:  I am meeting with Mark again this weekend.  Most of the changes 
deal with NIMS compliance and the inclusion of (ground) field team 
members standards for all specialty units.  The equine sections were 
updated earlier in the year and will not need to be modified any time 
soon, unless VASARCo subject matter expects deem otherwise, as VDEM does 
not set the standards.  Feel free to contact me off list if you would 
like a complete update VDEM and VASARCo changes, as our mounted team has 
been a member of the Council for many years now. ;-)

Thanks,

Tomi`

Jorene Downs wrote:

> From: "T'mi Fi" <tfinkle@erols.com>
>  
>
> > With the recent discussion about standards, I was wondering how many
> > (and which) States have published MSAR standards in place.  In Virginia
> > there is a complete set of search and rescue standards that are
> > maintained by the Virginia Search and Rescue Council (VASARCo) and
> > equine standards are included.
> >    
>
> The VA State SAR Coordinator, Mark Eggeman, mentioned to me in May that he 
> sees a need for revisions in the state MSAR standards. (We had other hot 
> topics to discuss at the time and didn't discuss what those state MSAR 
> revisions might entail or when it might occur.)
>
> CA has existing statewide mutual aid guidelines for MSAR.
>
> Several State SAR Coordinators and many county SAR Management from around 
> the country have asked me about the status of the Mounted SAR standards 
> through ASTM. A couple of State SAR Coordinators indicated they currently do 
> not have MSAR in their state, but hope to develop MSAR teams using ASTM 
> standards.
>
>