Mounted search and rescue

[Andrew Hennell <andrew@hennell.com.au>]

Pennbo's wrote:
> Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll look into them.
> 
> Tomi- do you have a picture of your vest? I'm thinking maybe my own unit 
> might be interested in something along those lines. Our weather is soooo 
> changeable that unless you have mulitple layers of orange clothing you 
> will not always be wearing orange on top! A vest would be able to go 
> over jackets, sweatshirts, etc.

exactly why I'm a fan of the vest/tabbard style.  Allows members to
add/remove clothing as they require but still present as an identifiable
member.  They can fit over anything from a t-shirt through to a
cold-weather jacket, or our ubiquitous Driza-bone oilskin coats for
riding. Our vests have reflective striping for night use also.

Having said that, we're now looking at 'day-glo' orange/blue (top half
orange, bottom half blue) shirts which will be cooler for searches in
hot weather and for base-camp staff.