Mounted search and rescue

[emboote@aol.com]

I'm just back from a recovery search in Minnesota. What is a status-2 find? I'm not familiar with the levels.

 

Emily

emboote@aol.com


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From: T'mi Fi <tfinkle@erols.com>
To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sun, 3 May 2009 7:09 pm
Subject: [MSAR] Subject Found - MSAR Units currently on SAR Deployment in VA

The search ended with a status-2 find at approximately 1430 hours on 2 May 2009.   A total of 110 MSAR field deployment hours were logged during search operations,  MSAR responders rode terrain from 800 to 3200 feet in elevation.   

T'mi
www.trotsar.org

Finkle, Tomi wrote:

FYI—there is a search in progress in and around the Blue Ridge Parkway in Amherst County Virginia.  Members of the TROTSAR Mounted and the CSAR Mounted Unit are deployed at this time.  This is a 24 hour per day SAR Operation.  Additional MSAR, K-9 and ground units will be deployed during the next 2 days.

 

Per BackpackingLight.com Staff | 2009-04-30 10:04:00-06

 

“Name: Ken Knight

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 180-200 lb

Point Last Seen: Punchbowl Mountain on the Appalachian Trail in VA off Blue Ridge Parkway & Rt. 60

Time Last Seen: Sunday, April 26, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Unique Characteristics: wearing a dry-bag style backpack with a bright orange packbag, hiker is vision-impaired.”

 

If you have info, please contact Virginia Department of Emergency Management EOC at: 804-674-2400

Ref: VDEM SAR Alert 52727

 

T‘mi

www.trotsar.org< /EM>

 

 

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