Mounted search and rescue

["Lila Corey" <Caballera@embarqmail.com>]

Sorry to be changing the subject, but wanted to take a brief second to thank 
everyone who gave their imput on my backpack and contents for my Wilderness 
Survival and Search Mission last week.  It turned out great.  We ran 
maneuvers until 11;30 that night.  I was exhausted but thankful for the 
exercise experience.  Learned lots.  Didn't get to purchase a pad to sleep 
on, big mistake.  My boots, gear and everythings else worked fine.   Thanks 
again for the help.
Lila
REDS Team
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Una Smith" <una.smith@att.net>
To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 2:47 PM
Subject: [MSAR] Bryce Tarter search (southeast Georgia USA)


> Ginger Hannah's call for volunteers concerns the search for Bryce Tarter.
> You may recall we discussed it briefly last month, but below is a brief
> recap.
>
> This search amounts to a basic training exercise for SAR responders and
> a good opportunity for spontaneous volunteers to contribute substantial
> effort.  I don't knock exercises;  we have some recurring exercises
> here in New Mexico, involving certain cases where the subject was never
> found.  At a minimum, they allow SAR managers to gain experience running
> missions.  All management functions get a workout:  logistics, planning,
> operations, communications, liason officer, public information officer.
> Field teams get to assess their mission readiness:  decide whether to
> go, what to pack, gas up, check fluid levels, check air pressure on all
> tires, check trailer lights, brakes, batteries, pack the truck and
> trailer, decide what time to leave home (evening before, morning of?)
> and how and what to feed the horses.  Make arrangements for animals and
> dependent family members left at home, etc. etc.  Most of these steps
> you do not have time to do for an emergency SAR mission, so you either
> are ready to respond, or you stay home.  Responders who get a lot of
> emergency callouts maintain a high level of readiness at all times, and
> that is one reason they get so many callouts.  Those who get very few
> callouts, and all new responders, benefit enormously from "exercise"
> missions like this one.
>
> Una Smith
> New Mexico
>
> --------------------------------- snip -------------------------------
>
> Here is a press release from a local TV station's website:
> http://www2.wsav.com/sav/news/local/article/search_for_armstrong_student_bryce_tarter_continues/109076/
>
> Search for Armstrong Student Bryce Tarter Continues
>
> SAVANNAH, Ga.—The search continues for 19 year-old Bryce Tarter.  The
> Armstorng Atlantic State University student was last seen driving away
> from campus at 5:00 a.m. January 31. He has not been seen since.
>
> Some friends of Bryce Tarter’s family are organizing a search for him
> this weekend. It started out with just a small group of people but has
> grown substainally in size.
>
> They will be meeting at the Ride and Share at the intersection of
> Highway 17 and 119 in Guyton at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. They will be using
> horses, atvs, and boats to search areas in Bryan, Effingham and
> Bulloch. They are dubbing it Operation Hope.
>
> If you’re interested in volunteering for the search, call Clint Droste
> at 912-433-4216. Any horseback riders who are experienced in trail
> riding and would like to help are asked to call Ginger Hannah at
> 912-268-2752.
>
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