*** ASTM Search & Rescue Committee ***

Thu Mar 30 09:14:22 1995
Letter  : 3973901    From: Kevin Sweere
Address : kesweere@mtu.edu
Subject : ASTM SAR info
Bytes   : 1694

To: SARINFO@mindlink.bc.ca

Hello ya'll,

ASTM, American Society for Testing and Measurement (?) has a SAR division that develops nationwide standards.  I just got some scoop from a guy who's the head of one of their committities, ROGER EBRUN 020.3021@compuserve.com>. Here it is in edited form.

May I suggest that you or someone from your team join ASTM, that way you
will be up to date on all that's happening in the effort to create
standards for the rescue community.  It sounds like you might be a member
already, or you have access to someone who is (Standardization News?).
It cost $65.00 a year for membership, and you can be a member on as many
technical committees as you would like.  The only catch is that you will
need to vote as ballots come out or will be dropped from that
sub-committee for failure to vote.  In F32 (Search and Rescue) there are
8 sub-committees.  They are F32.01 Equipement Testing, .02 Search
Management, .03 Personnel Education and Training, .04 Search Techniques,
.05 Rescue Operations and Technology, .06 Terminology, .07
Communications, and .09 Executive.

If you would like to join, here is a phone number that you can contact
someone at ASTM for an application.  Her name is Peggy Cicchitti, staff
manager for F32 at (215) 299-5560.  Someone there can help you out with
any questions in reguards to the Society.


Kevin Sweere           M.S. in Mech Eng, Michigan Tech Univ.
PO Box 372             2LT Army, branched Armor
Dollar Bay, MI 49922   Pres. of Superior Search and Rescue
(906) 482-2251         ARC Disaster Team member
                       N0RRU - just a little Alinco HT
kesweere@mtu.edu       http://www.hu.mtu.edu:80/~kesweere/

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