Mounted search and rescue

["T'mi Fi" <tfinkle@erols.com>]

Shirley,

Una pointed you in the right direction!  

I am on the Virginia Equine MSAR standards committee and would be happy to
answer any additional questions off line.  

T'mi
www.trotsar.org 


Una Smith wrote:
> Shirley Roberts wrote:
> > I am interested in finding out who represents the State of Texas that would
> > consider reviewing these same Virginia standards for MSAR for use in Texas.
> >   
> Shirley, as far as I know Texas has no state agency and no state organization
> for SAR, so much of what is detailed in the Virginia standard is unusable in
> Texas.
>
> The Virginia standards are online for all to download, and links are on our
> MSAR website, http://www.ibiblio.org/msar/units/#Virginia.  Ditto for Texas,
> http://www.ibiblio.org/msar/units/#Texas.
>
> In Texas, the closest thing to a state organization relevant to MSAR may be
> TUMPOT, but my communications with them have been very limited.  TUMPOT's
> website mentions there exists a "Sheriff's Association of Texas";  perhaps
> you could make some progress there.  Some SAR (and MSAR) units based in west
> Texas are recognized by New Mexico as SAR resources, and they do get called
> on occasion.  New Mexico's SAR certification program applies to ground teams
> and MSAR alike, and it too is linked from our MSAR website units directory,
> http://www.ibiblio.org/msar/units/#New%20Mexico.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> 	Una Smith
> 	New Mexico
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