Subject: CSAR Digest #133

Tue Apr 02 20:18:06 PST 1996

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 08:31:47 -0600
From: Iknos iknos@felix.TECLink.Net

Subject: Intro

Thanks for adding me to your list. I am Robert Allen I live in Jackson MS. I work offshore flying Helicopters. I am not directly involved in search and rescue at this time but I want to fly SAR in the near future. I feel that with GPS tech. and Laptop computers getting smaller and smaller Computers will play a big part in the aviation end of SAR. I am a big computer buff, and I like to take on projects to come to a better end then we start. My company lost a helicopter in the gulf recently and though I was not involved in the SAR I feel if there were better coordination we may have come up with something sooner. I am not saying that what they did was wrong, incorrenct or anything like that I just feel that with practice that these things can always be improved on. Thanks,
Iknos

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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 96 17:03 EET
From: Roy van Schoor roy@aztec.co.za

Subject: Welcome to the CSAR Digest

Thanks for the reply.

Allow me to introduce myself -
I am the Rescue Officer for the "OFF-ROAD RESCUE UNIT" a division of the Four Wheel Drive Club of Southern Africa. Our mission statement is as follows:
Members of the "OFF-ROAD RESCUE UNIT" are trained to provide logistical support,ie. Off-Road Transport and Communications, for any emergency or disaster situation. Our members are all volunteers, and we use our four wheel drive vehicles and equipment to serve the community. All vehicles are radio equipped, and members attend a comprehensive training program in rescue and radio ommunication related techniques. Most of our callouts are mountain Search and Rescue incidents, but we also get involved in coastal searches and bush fire fighting operations. We work very closely with the local Ambulance Services, Mountain Rescue Teams, Air Force Helicopters, Civil Defence, National Sea Rescue Institute etc.
- Whether you're currently using computers to assist in SAR operations
Up till now used extensively in the preparation of training material, exercises, message logging and general admin. for the Rescue Unit.
- What's the best CSAR application you've used
Have been exposed to a few POD/POA search programs, but not in great depth.
- If you're developing a CSAR application
We are currently developing a mapping/database program for the tactical management of SAR ops. We have field tested it and it looks extremely promising, but there is still more work to be done.
- Your ideas for future CSAR application
First want to complete the above!

Hope the above is of interest!
Regards, Roy.

Roy van Schoor
OFF-ROAD RESCUE UNIT
P O Box 513
Somerset West 7129
SOUTH AFRICA

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Date: 01 Apr 1996 07:07:40 GMT
From: Matthew_R._Perry@ndcrt.wa.com Matthew R. Perry

Subject: Fwd: CSAR Digest #132

George Kleinbaum said:
Lastly, here in Oregon, NO ONE searches without being certified by the State. Our State Certification ensures that searchers have taken and passed a basic course in SAR. Since searchers must be certified, I cannot see why we would go to a National Roster. By definition, the people listed (from out of state) are ineligible to participate in a search.
Georges Kleinbaum - State SAR Coordinator gkleinba@oem.state.or.us

As far as I was told the states of Washington and Oregon have an MOU that states that SAR personnel from one state may go into the other state to do SAR work, if requsted by that state or, if the search goes from one state into the other; such as in an Air SAR mission when chasing an ELT signal. I have on more than one occasion been to a search in the state of Oregon, both in the air and on the ground. I am only certified to do SAR by the state of Washington.
Matthew Perry

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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 10:50:35 -0800
From: Darrell R. Hale stndrh@atscv1.atsc.allied.com

Subject: Re: CSAR Digest #132 - eliminating S/A on GPS

This follows recent DoD funding legislation which directed the Pentagon to stop it's Selective Availablity program on civilian GPS channels. Stay tuned for an official announcement.

Too bad the reporter didn't talk to SAR folks. Biased as I am, Icertainly think the SAR application has far greater impact than helping golfers select the right iron for their approach shot. Guess we have to consider the WSJ's audience after all...

Personally, I'm all for applications like golf cart and automobile applications, since these are the areas that will generate the commercial interest and revenue volume required to drive down the cost of GPS products. The GPS system is a good example of how many diverse groups can utilize a new technology, even in areas where its use was never envisoned.

Darrell Hale, Engineer - Last update: 10/10/95

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