Mounted search and rescue

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Laury Hembree wrote:
>Hello! My name is Lauryn, and I am a new member who lives in east TN. I want 
>to be a part of the mounted search and rescue team. I have a wonderful 
>partnership with my black TN Walking horse gelding, and we have logged 
>hundreds of trail miles, many in the backcountry of the Great Smoky 
>Mountains, Cherokee  National Forest, Big South Fork and surrounding parks. 
>I know the trails well, and would love to be notified if there is ever a 
>search and rescue in my area of TN, NC., KY, and northern GA. I also have a 
>friend, Marilyn, who has joined your group who would come with me. We both 
>have horse trailers and can be at the search site pretty fast if needed. Is 
>there any extra training we need to take in our area (near Knoxville, Loudon 
>County, etc)? 
>Thanks for any information! Looking forward to getting to know you all!
> 
>Lauryn

The above was posted to MSAR-ASTM, but it more properly belongs here
on MSAR-Riders, so I am copying it here.

Welcome Laury,

Thanks for introducing yourself to us.  There are several other eastern
Tennessee riders here on MSAR-Riders, looking to form a mounted field
team.  I'll let them (re)introduce themselves.

In Georgia, each county has an emergency management agency and there is
a push underway to administer SAR within those agencies.  Georgia has 
a number of established SAR teams, however, that respond regionally or
statewide.

        Una Smith
        New Mexico

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