Mounted search and rescue

[<horsedriver54@woh.rr.com>]

Good Afternoon,  This sounds alot like our mock search and rescue.  We give 
the team a scenerio of a person or group of people that have come up missing. 
 But this idea sounds very good and a way to keep your team sharp and working 
as a team   could you send me the details.  we are Clark County Mounted 
Search and Rescue of Springfield Ohio  thanks so much and enjoy reading all 
the articles.  lisa sites
---- T'mi Fi <tfinkle@erols.com> wrote: 
> Chris- The first item that comes to mind is perhaps conducting a 10 clue 
> POD course, used to established an MSAR responders POD percentage.  I 
> have a clue placement template that we use and can forward it to you, if 
> you would like. This course is some what of a spin off of the NASAR SAR 
> Tech-II (Ground) POD playing card test.
> 
> The course is conducted on a fairly groomed 2 to 3 mile section of 
> trail, with MSAR responders carrying their normal SAR packs and gear. 
> All clues are clearly visible from the trail and are located on both the 
> right and left side, the clue are placed at 0-3 feet from the center of 
> the trail, 4 to 20 feet from the center of the trail and 21 to 25 feet 
> from the center of the trail.  Clue placement is also broken down into 
> three more classes: those on the ground, off the ground to 4 feet and 4 
> to 7 feet off the ground. The POD course template makes set up very 
> easy.  We use 10 translucent green colored water bottles with lettered 
> markings on them with an 8" piece of orange string attached (for hanging 
> clues) . Attendees simply ride the trail, go into search mode and write 
> down the letter on the clue in the order they find them.
> 
> MSAR folk seem to really enjoy this course and consider it fun 
> challenge. It is a great way for them learn/understand what their 
> personal POD percentage really is and how POD percentages relate to 
> search mission planning.  I have had several search managers commend us 
> for providing this type validated SAR training.  In the past 5 years we 
> have been conducting this course, no one has ever obtained 100% and only 
> one 2-person team has ever obtained a 90%.  As a means of course 
> validation any clue not found by any of the attendees is canceled out. 
>  Only once has a POD clue been canceled out and that was with just one 
> clue, which was accidentally placed 1 foot over 7 foot mark.   It is 
> amazing to the participants how all clues can be located by the group as 
> a whole, yet their average (find) percentage runs around 50 to 70 
> percent.  We then do a group trail ride to retrieve the clues so 
> everyone can see where each one was placed.
> 
> After attending this training course, it is very rare for any MSAR 
> responder to ever come back at debriefing and say they had a 70% (or 
> Higher) POD rating of their search area.
>  
> T'mi
> www.trotsar.org
> 
> pennbo@verizon.net wrote:
> 
> > Out of curiousity- if you were provided with the opportunity to haul 
> > your horses and gear to a weekend conference/seminar/training on MSAR 
> > what would you want to learn/practice/ study while there? What would 
> > be most beneficial to YOU as an individual searcher? What would be 
> > most beneficial to your TEAM? We just finished our 4th annual 
> > CountyWide MSAR training and I am trying to solidify some ideas for 
> > next year and looking for input in general.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >
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