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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument
- From: "T'mi Finkle" <tfinkle@erols.com>
- To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:05:11 -0500
In this region we do search at night from
horseback. We add a third horse to a field team and mostly perform area and
hasty searches. Another good use for MSAR to is post a 2-person MSAR team on a
high point, containment point or at trail crossing and use them as passive search
techniques . If something moves the horses will alert on the movement. We use red or green lights at night; both
of these colors greatly reduce visible shadows (I’ve never used orange filters
for night searching). We only use white light for treating first aid subjects at
night. Our MSAR teams deployed at night during the Robbie Wood search in With regards to evidence, not all clues are
evidence and at night we are focusing on clues that lead us to the emission person.
We do not search at night when a mission goes from rescue to recovery. T’mi www.trotsar.org From:
msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of emboote@aol.com How do you
address with the concern about destroying evidence or missing evidence at
night? Do you find a grid search is effective, or smaller teams, or most
effectively used as a hasty search team? I've found that for night work, using orange or green
filters on my headlight helps....also on the flashlights. They can flip up if I
need white lights, but otherwise, don't blind those I'm working with. Emily -----Original
Message----- Searching at night is like searching
during the day, usually cooler and there may be more convective air movement to
make it easier for the scent based search animals. The basic problem for the searcher is
night adaption and avoiding flash blindness. You do not want to use
lights because they can ruin night adaptation and startle the Horses due to creating “monsters” with
shadows and sudden movement. It does not take a lot of light for you and
your horse to function at night. The other advantages are that many search persons knock off for the
night giving you a cleaner area to work and most civilians are out of the area
after dark. Based on exercises and jobs night riding
is no more dangerous than day riding if you keep the flashlights off and let
the horse do the guiding. Irv Lichtenstein From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of emboote@aol.com Una, Would you please expand on your
experiences of seaching with mounted resources at night? That has been a topic
recently between several of our units and we would like to know more about what
your experiences have been. Thanks, Emily Boote _______________________________________________ MSAR-Riders mailing list MSAR-Riders@lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/msar-riders |
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[MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
Una Smith, 01/27/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
emboote, 01/27/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN, 01/27/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
emboote, 01/27/2012
- Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument, T'mi Finkle, 01/27/2012
- Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument, Una Smith, 01/27/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
Dick L Sweet, 01/27/2012
- Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument, Una Smith, 01/27/2012
- Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument, Joseph C. Huston, 01/27/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
emboote, 01/27/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
Una Smith, 01/27/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN, 01/27/2012
- Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument, Una Smith, 01/28/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN, 01/27/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN, 01/27/2012
- Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument, Una Smith, 01/28/2012
- Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument, Una Smith, 01/28/2012
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Re: [MSAR] Mounted search on White Sands National Monument,
emboote, 01/27/2012
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