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- From: "Norma Newton" <newtonrn@huxcomm.net>
- To: <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [MSAR] Mounted SAR in Iowa
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:50:36 -0600
Hi Jorene,
I have enjoyed your articles on MSAR and have used many of
them to encourage our ground team leaders and managers to give us an opportunity
to prove our worth in Iowa. I am associated with the Civil Air Patrol in Iowa
and am in the process of trying to organize MSAR within the state. I am also a
Ground team leader, so see things from both 'perspectives'.
I emailed Becky this evening to try to help out as I
could. Star 1 in central Iowa IS a wonderful group for training also. Star 1 has
some great instructors and twice a year conducts NASAR SAR TECH II
certification testing. The size of this testing group is of necessity limited to
about a dozen persons if I remember correctly. The Civil Air Patrol also
conducts training for its SAR members, some of whom also are NASAR SAR TECH II
certified. So yes, SAR is definitely on the radar in Iowa!
The direction that SAR is going within the state is also
following the NIMS typing system, which includes different levels.
A .pdf file on the FEMA website that gives some
standardization information for SAR. Mounted SAR is not included in this
listing, but Job title 35 (Wilderness Search and/or Rescue Technician) is useful
for ground team SAR (wilderness being in contrast to Urban which is mostly
handled in Structural Collapse I believe).
Anyhow, I just thought I would communicate the direction
of SAR in the state. I agree with Becky that we need the availability of mounted
SAR units in more areas of the state than people think. The center of the state
is mostly cultivated land, so people tend to forget the more 'rugged' areas that
are not tillable! That also was my reason for developing the mounted SAR
awareness.
Thank you again for your useful articles and wonderful
information.
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[MSAR] Mounted SAR in Iowa,
Norma Newton, 02/25/2007
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted SAR in Iowa,
Una Smith, 02/25/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Mounted SAR in Iowa, ALLEN SNYDER, 02/26/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Mounted SAR in Iowa, Jorene Downs, 02/26/2007
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted SAR in Iowa,
Una Smith, 02/25/2007
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