Mounted search and rescue

[Karen Nesbitt <spanishequines@yahoo.com>]

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  >>>>  Tomi makes an excellent point when it was said that "knowing in 
advance what the teams strengths and weaknesses will maximize the field 
performance...."  however as a volunteer you generally do not have that 
option so, it is important to gather this data quickly upon arrival at the 
site and then to have the ability to be flexible in riding with strange 
horses and other people.....
   
  Una Smith writes>>>
  >>>> as a *spontaneous* volunteer you don't have that option.
Which is precisely why some SAR managers won't use spontaneous
volunteers.  And why there is a widespread trend for MSAR units
to become stand-alone organizations rather than being a subset
of a social riding club's membership.

Two field training events are scheduled in September in Indiana
and Illinois.  See http://www.ibiblio.org/msar/events/ and try to
participate if at all possible.  I suggest you attend without a
horse, so you can focus on maximizing SAR training for yourself.
 
 Una Smith
 New Mexico

  >>>>UNA,  
  Thank you for that input, I would love to hear from other RIDERS in or 
nearby or EVEN IN MY COUNTY that would be interested in going to such an 
activity.  Thus far and for well over an year now, I have heard nothing from 
any horsemen professional or otherwise who are riders in my county being 
involved in MSAR and so will also happily take your info into account and we 
are not talking making a new "social club"...
   
  Anyone in IROQUOIS - if the trend is so wide spread....hello, where are 
you!?
   
  The problem will always remain though in that you will not have that option 
whether you volunteer or go cross county or cross state on any mission...the 
units will always be subject to change as wil the missions.
   
  A problem persists too that there is always the consideration of 
funding...or lack of it...
  so attending events as such is not always easy to do whether or not you 
volunteer or are otherwise and as said, little or no activity has been 
present in this local.
   
  Karen Nesbitt
  Illinois - Unaffilated
  Iroquois County
   
   


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