A native Californian relocating to Alabama??? And leave my grandkids across
the country??? ;) We actually gave serious consideration to relocating to
Georgia years ago when my hubby was offered a nice job there. Pretty
country. Got offered a better job in CA and stayed here. ;)
BTW - What I'm hoping will happen is various MSAR Units who choose to not be
"certified" by NASAR for SAR / MSAR will choose to be "NASAR MSAR
equivalent" ... which means the NASAR MSAR standards can literally go
anywhere. ;)
I'm also seeing positive changes in NASAR, including the CERT+NASAR
partnering that I think has potential to change the face of SAR across the
country. As technology advances, I'm also seeing potential for NASAR to
loosen up a bit further and do more web-based training with a Certificate of
Completion, and maybe even have authorized "instructors/evaluators" who meet
certain requirements recognized as NASAR-equivalent. We'll see what evolves
... ;)
I agree that providing the basics in MSAR standards is the first logical
step. Get people thinking about it and even acting on it .... then offer
more advanced options.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tm'-fi" <TFinkle@erols.com>
> [...] NASAR only
> represent a little over 50% of all the States, and in order to
> adequately help address the needs of MSAR teams with access to NASAR
> programs, the broadest possible representation should be selected. Even
> after the NASAR-MSAR standards are created, they will not applicable a
> set of national standards for "all" MSAR teams, simply because of the
> lack of NASAR presence in so many States or because many States utilize
> the services of other SAR organizations. The current NASAR-MSAR
> committee has some great people on board and I respect each of them,
> sadly, their hard work will not benefit all MSAR teams in this country.
> I do not question the ability of anyone of the committee members. Now
> if we could get Jorene to move to Alabama, the mix would have more
> coverage (just kidding J) ;-)
>
> [...] Today, I was thinking that back
> when NASAR branched out and included K-9 standards as part of their
> training program, they developed only a basic level program setting
> minimum standards. I really think if more MSAR folks could agree on a
> set of basic MSAR standards and give them a try for a couple of years,
> it would be easier to move forward creating higher levels of expertise.
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