Mounted search and rescue

["Thor Burfine" <thor@cpcinc.net>]

For CPR and Basic First Aid, get with the local chapter of the Red Cross 
For Orienteering, I went to the local National Guard post and got mine from
them
        (Cost me a couple of cases)
For radio communication, best bet is the local HAM Radio group.
        They love to help and for the most part its in their charter
For the training of riders and horses...
        That is a biggie with hundreds of answers
        I would start by requiring basic horsemanship and sane horses
        here are our requirements for horse and rider
        http://www.texasequusearch.org/horse_info.html

For the etc.
        Be willing to learn, and spend lots of hours away from home
        both at training and in the field.

Good luck with it, keep us posted of your progress.

Thor

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Thor Burfine
Texas Equusearch
Equine Team Leader
ATV Team Leader
Deep Water Recovery Diver
www.texasequusearch.org 



-----Original Message-----
From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Howard Smith
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:22 AM
To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [MSAR] Request for Information

Hi, Everybody,

I just joined this list.

It occurred to me that it would be a great endeavor to start a mounted
search and rescue group in Butte, MT.

I established contact with the civil air patrol and was impressed with the
people (Major Goedert and Captain Harrison and their cadets). They have
promised their support.

I also found some needed information by searching the Internet.

Can you tell me of material that has been helpful to you? How do I train
horses, riders, get training on CPR, orienteering, radio communication,
etc.?

And, if any of y'all come out Montana way and want to ride into the
backcountry, please visit us 6 miles North of Butte at 6,800 feet in 3 feet
of snow, with 4 local bears, 3 moose, and 15 Muleys when the snow recedes.

Best regards,

Howard in Beautiful Montana

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