It also depends on how large the
area is. Generally more than 90 minutes travel time added to an hour or
more
to get on the road with horses makes for too long a response for many
local
agencies.
Good info, Irv. I agree with all except for the travel estimate. We
*commonly* respond with 3 hours of travel, sometimes more ... and still
remain within our own county. And that is the Hasty Team traveling at speed
to set up the CP and send the first wave of SAR folks out into the
backcountry. Mounted might haul 4 hours or longer to get to the CP. But our
county is the size of CT and climbs from valley floor to Mt Whitney, and the
vast majority of our SAR is steep mountain wilderness, so we're dealing with
twisting mountain roads for most of our call-outs.
So, much depends on the terrain, type of road, and the size of the agency's
operational area. There is also the potential of Mutual Aid response to
consider. Folks might be expected to travel your suggested 90 minutes, or
several hours, depending on their local situation.
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Jorene Downs
Tulare Co SAR - Hasty Team ICP Team
www.ceoates.com/sar
Tulare-Kings CERT
www.tk-cert.org
Re: [MSAR] MSAR trainings in California?
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