To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Getting it together, looking at it from both sideds of the fence
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 09:31:44 -0500
Lauri,
I think you made your point
well.
Everybody, experienced or not, are a resource to
not be taken lightly.
From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lauri
Struve Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 7:25 AM To: Mounted
search and rescue Subject: Re: [MSAR] Getting it together,looking at
it from both sideds of the fence
Seems to me there are two types of volunteer.
1. the spontaneous volunteer w/ desire to help but not necessarily the
training, but willing to learn on the fly and do what is within their abilities.
As our LT used to say, there's a job for EVERY volunteer on a search, it may be
making peanut butter sandwiches, or working with a team in the field.
2. (this is the category most on this list fall in) volunteer
professionals. Those who are trained specifically for SAR. Just because your
team is all volunteer, doesn't make you less of a professional, you train just
as hard and work to improve your skills as if you were paid for your work.