F2794 (version 25)

1.1 This guide establishes the minimum training requirements for a Mounted Search Team as it relates to general, field, and search-specific knowledge and skills.

1.2 Mounted Search Teams search on the surface of the land only, including urban or disaster areas that may be isolated or have lost supporting infrastructure.

1.3 Personnel trained only to this guide are not qualified to perform rescue. No knots, rope use, litter handling, or other rescue knowledge or skills are required of a Mounted Search Team.

1.4 Personnel trained only to this guide are not qualified to perform the mounted evacuation of a subject.

1.5 Personnel trained only to this guide are not qualified to operate in leadership positions.

1.6 A Mounted Search Team is eligible to be listed as a Category—Land Search, Kind—Mounted, team or crew, as defined in Classification F1993.

1.6.1 Further training may be required before a Mounted Search Team may be part of a particular Category or Kind of team, depending on local needs, regulations, or the policies of the authority having jurisdiction.

1.6.2 This standard guide does not address any particular species, breed, size, or gender of the equine family (the most common equines used in MSAR are horses and mules).

1.7 This guide does not supersede any protocol established by any international, national, federal, state, tribal, regional, or local government.

1.8 This guide uses the United States customary system of units. Measurements given in this system are followed in parentheses by the equivalent measurement in SI units.

1.9 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

1.10 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.