Mounted search and rescue

["Lois Guyon" <laguyon@verizon.net>]

 

Mounted Search & Rescue (MSAR) team is being organized and trained for (primary) service in the Cook County (IL)area, and may also be deployed anywhere in the state upon request of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. The MSAR team will serve in the Emergency Services division of the Village of Melrose Park's Department of Public Safety, which conducts search & rescue (SAR) operations as well as train first responders in (SAR) operations. The head of the Department of Public Safety is Chief Philip C. Schwartz. The MSAR team leader is Lieutenant Ronald T. Vasser.  Contact : rvassser@aol.com

 

Philip Schwartz is also working with other SAR and MSAR people in Illinois to form a coordinating organization which has the potential of setting standards, etc.   Contact: ps@mpps.us