To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] MSAR in SAR and disasters
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:18:41 -0600
Chris wrote:
>MSAR trained horses. We could conceiveably lend a horse to a Medi Team
>member and take them with us into the back country on a search or to a
>remote location/victim. Haven't had the opportunity to try this out yet
>but its still a possibility!
I have escorted crime scene investigators to the location of a
body in a wilderness area, mounted on our steady eddie MSAR
horses. These persons were non-riders, but the horses carried
them with great care.
Una Smith
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse, in New Mexico