Mounted search and rescue

["IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>]

I have seen bright hunter orange English style pads in use. Personally I use orange saddle bags and an electric fence when he is in corral. If you blanket you can add a mesh highway vest on top or order your blankets in bright orange.  Nylon halters are also available in various colors and less likely to be left behind by a loose horse. A yellow quarter sheet is also available but may be special order.

 

Irv Lichtenstein

 

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From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of emboote@aol.com
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 7:14 PM
To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Virginia State approved MSAR standards

 

Hello MSAR Riders, 

 

Can anyone give me some advice regarding what you'd recommend to put on a horse to make it more visible in the woods during a SAR deployment? I will be attending a MSAR weekend in upper Minnesota in October and would like to have a reflective horse blanket or sheet that I can put on my horse both for visual protection and just as an additional precaution in case he gets loose. I've had to help people look for horses in unfamiliar areas before, and it would have been a lot easier to see them if they had a bright blanket on. This would be to put on him when he is in a temporary pen that I'll set up.  I can't seem to find anything in either glow or reflective mat erial on the Internet.

 

Thanks in advance, 

 

Emily Boote

Search Rescue and Recovery Resources of Minnesota