Mounted search and rescue

["Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>]

Clarification / Correction on IRV’s comment. The State SAR Coordinators have been meeting annually with feds and others for many years, with NASAR www.nasar.org  providing the conference meeting space and encouraging participation. As of May 2009 this evolved to forming a State SAR Coordinators Council (SSCC) that is nationwide in the USA, with about 20 states represented  and about 20 agency representatives (FEMA, DHS, NPS, AFRCC, etc.) at the last meeting. The SSCC formed under the NASAR umbrella so it could immediately have non-profit 501(c)(3) status. 

 

This is a *giant* stride for SAR in the USA, with substantial credit going to Cole Brown (MD SAR Coordinator) for getting the new council formed. Cole is also the elected Chair of the SSCC, Matt Scharper (CA SAR Coordinator) is Vice-Chair, and Byron Thompson (LA SAR Coordinator) is Secretary.

 

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Jorene Downs

SAR & CERT

Mounted SAR

www.ceoates.com/msar

 

 

From: IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN

NASAR is in the certificate business, and is trying to organize the state and regional SAR coordinators into a NASAR SIG.