To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] NIMS compliance / FEMA
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 15:11:53 -0800
An additional clarification for NIMS compliance is regarding personnel
meeting national standards. There is a current requirement for EMAC / any
interstate Mutual Aid response for the responders to meet national standards
for that type of response. (For those not familiar with EMAC, see
http://www.emacweb.org/ )
For ground SAR interstate response, that would mean meeting ASTM F2209
requirements. (www.astm.org ) An example of training and testing meeting
ASTM F2209 requirements is NASAR SARTECH II, or any equivalent program.
The ASTM national / international standards for Mounted SAR are in progress,
but it appears very likely that ASTM F2209 will be included as a
prerequisite for MSAR to meet USA national standards.
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Jorene Downs
Tulare Co SAR - Hasty Team ICP Team
www.ceoates.com/sar
Tulare-Kings CERT
www.tk-cert.org