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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Mountain Rescue Member Dies
in Climbing Accident in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Lost Person Behavior
Train-the-Trainer Course August 10 – 15</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>US
Professor Exploring Volcanoes Is Missing in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
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auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Media Investigates
Mishandling of Search Effort for Woman with Dementia</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
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auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Using Google Earth to Solve
Missing Plane Case</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
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in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Southern California</st1:place></span></font>
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Courses Available Online</span></font> <o:p></o:p></li>
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font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Mountain Rescue Member Dies in Climbing
Accident in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font></b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>We received sad news from Mountain Rescue in <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">England</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Wales</st1:country-region> that John Evans, a highly experienced
climber and mountain rescue team member in the <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> and <st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Alaska</st1:State>,
died from a fall while on a recreational climb in Snowdonia in <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region> . He
was highly regarded around the world for his expertise in mountain rescue and
wilderness first aid. Friends and team members pay tribute to John
Evans’ life and great skill as a mountaineer and rescuer.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Lost Person Behavior Train-the-Trainer
Course August 10 – 15</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
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font-family:Verdana'>Become certified to instruct <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Lost Person Behavior</span></i> based upon the program developed by
Robert Koester and currently used by the Virginia Department of Emergency
Management's SAR program. The course includes the full Lost Person Behavior
course plus in-depth instruction on the details and mechanics of teaching the
class, case studies, map problems, and a day trip into nearby Shenandoah
National Park for on-site review of actual major searches that have occurred
there. The course will be held at <st1:placename u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Blue Ridge</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Charlottesville</st1:City>,
<st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:city u1:st="on"><st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">VA.</st1:State></st1:place> More information on course
requirements, agenda, registration, fees, location and lodging is at </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>US Professor Exploring Volcanoes Is
Missing in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region u1:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font></b><font
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<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Craig
Arnold, a poet and professor on a creative fellowship exchange in <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>, did
not return from an afternoon hike to a volcano, which he was researching for
a new book. We first heard news of this from a friend this morning, who asked
us if there was anything we knew about SAR in <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region> that
might be able to help. From what we know, there isn’t typically
an exhaustive SAR response when a person goes missing. The article below
bears that out: The government normally authorizes a three-day search for a
missing person. So far, there have been about 40 searchers (police, fire),
search dogs, and a helicopter to respond. In this case, the government has
made an exception and has authorized an additional 55 searchers for another
three days. Family and friends have been worried that the search would end
too soon, but they believe that US and Japanese authorities are working
together with the best available resources to make this an effective search,
and we certainly hope, a rescue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_12264466?source=rss">http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_12264466?source=rss</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Media Investigates Mishandling of
Search Effort for Woman with Dementia</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>In <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:place></st1:State>,
the media brought to light the questionable handling of a search for a woman
with dementia crying for help in the woods near her home. After a small team
of deputies searched off and on for several hours, the Sheriff called off the
search, stating he did not want his deputies to scare her and cause her to
flee further into the woods toward a river. He also turned down at least two
outside search teams that offered help. What is different about this story is
that, in addition to reporting on the case, the media provided access to the
full sheriff’s report, his official statement and a letter from a
neighbor who tried to get involved to find the woman but was turned away. The
story highlights several critical aspects of SAR: 1) the need for law
enforcement to be trained in searching for persons with dementia; 2) the
importance of using available resources to support a search effort, and 3)
the moral imperative to do everything possible within one’s
jurisdiction to save a life.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Using Google Earth to Solve Missing
Plane Case</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Two and a half years after a plane went missing in <st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State> it was found
in a canyon recently after someone sent the family of one of the crash victims
a photograph of a forest fire taken by hikers on the day the plane went
missing. Using Google Earth, the family was able to pinpoint the exact area
in the picture by identifying rock formations and other terrain features. To
see how they did this go to <a href="http://www.n2700q.com/googleearth.html">http://www.n2700q.com/googleearth.html</a>.
The families have finally gotten closure after finding their missing loved
ones. Building on their experience and use of Google Earth, they
created MARSI (Mapped Archive of Rescue & Search Information), which they
hope will be useful to help others in similar types of search and rescue
efforts.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><a href="http://www.kpho.com/video/19285736/index.html">http://www.kpho.com/video/19285736/index.html</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2009/04/26/AR2009042600077.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2009/04/26/AR2009042600077.html</a></span></font>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Civil Air Patrol Says
“Don’t Trash the Beacon”</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Instead of throwing your old ELT beacon into the dump,
there is a proper way of disposing of it: first, remove or disconnect the
battery, then contact your local electronic waste authority on how to best
dispose of it. CAP warns that if not disposed of properly, the beacon may accidentally
emit a distress signal, which would trigger a response from emergency
responders who are required to locate the signal. Since false alarms and
emergencies are indistinguishable, an old ELT signal coming from a dump would
waste valuable resources. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/patriot/article/civil_air_patrol_and_aopa_urge_responsible_disposal_of_old_elt_beacons/33108/">http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/patriot/article/civil_air_patrol_and_aopa_urge_responsible_disposal_of_old_elt_beacons/33108/</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Rise in More Venomous Rattlesnakes in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Southern California</st1:place></span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>With hiking season gearing up, a report in Scientific
American offers timely information about the rise in a species of
rattlesnakes in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Southern
California</st1:place> . </span></font><font size=2 color="#33302d"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#33302D'>Reports
from hospitals in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Southern
California</st1:place> show a spike in incidents of serious snakebites, and
scientists suspect t</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>he Southern Pacific rattlesnake.
The article reports that </span></font><font size=2 color="#33302d"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#33302D'>the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logs 7,000 reports of snakebites
in the <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
annually;15 of those result in death and about 25 percent of the survivors
are left with some permanent damage. Several theories about why there is in
an increase include the characteristics of Southern Pacific rattlesnakes,
which tend to lay low or move away rather than hiss and rattle when
confronted, therefore they are more likely to survive and move into new
areas. Another factor is human migration and activity in the snake’s
coastal and mountain habitat. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=snake-venom-california&SID=mail&sc=emailfriend">http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=snake-venom-california&SID=mail&sc=emailfriend</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>New FEMA Independent Study Courses
Available Online</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The Emergency Management Institute's Independent Study
Program has launched the following new courses: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>IS-100.HE</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
Introduction to the Incident Command System for Higher Education describes
the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of ICS. It
also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident
Management System (NIMS). </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>IS-197.EM</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
Special Needs Planning Considerations for Emergency Management helps
emergency managers and first responders better understand the special needs population
and how to partner with persons with special needs as well as their support
providers and organizations. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>IS-26</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> Guide to
Points of Distribution supports the Points of Distribution overview video and
provides an in-depth look into the planning, operations and demobilization
stages of a POD mission. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>IS-836</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex describes the concept of operations to
address specific contingency or hazard situations or an element of an
incident requiring specialized application of the NRF. This course provides
an introduction to the NRF Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>EMI also offers downloadable group-training materials
for the following courses: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>IS-100.a</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> Introduction
to the Incident Command System; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>IS-100.SCa</span></b>
Introduction to the Incident Command System for Schools;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>IS-200.a</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> ICS for
Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents; <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>IS-700.a</span></b> National Incident Management System, An
Introduction; </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>IS-800.b</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> National
Response Framework: An Introduction.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://m1e.net/c?19326550-s6bkOZ0XwvmmI%404142278-NWLex7eP/CRV6">http://m1e.net/c?19326550-s6bkOZ0XwvmmI%404142278-NWLex7eP/CRV6</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
About Geography …</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>You can find at <a href="http://www.veryspatial.com/">www.veryspatial.com</a>.
This website offers blogs, a weekly podcast on geography/geospatial
technologies, tv and dozens of links to other interesting geography-related
sites. Managed by three PhD candidates (two in Geography, one in Political
Science) with an obvious passion for geography, this site is sure to impart
some interesting tidbit of information to just about anyone.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>SAR Conference Updates</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>May</span></font></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Little <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:country-region u1:st="on">Egypt</st1:country-region>
(<st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"> <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State> ) SAREX May 8 – 10</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>This second annual conference will be held in <st1:placename u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Dixon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Springs</st1:PlaceType> <st1:placetype u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State Park</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Southern Illinois</st1:place>. Trainings include ground SAR skills,
rappelling, confined space rescue, basic mantracking, search management,
patient packaging, K9 skills.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><a href="http://lesar.org/sarex09.html">http://lesar.org/sarex09.html</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>Maine</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:State><b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'> Search and Rescue Conference May 9-11</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Hosted by the Wilderness Rescue Team, the <st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Maine</st1:State> conference will be held in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:city u1:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bethel</st1:City> , <st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">ME</st1:State></st1:place> at the Sunday River Resort. Course
topics include man-tracking, K-9, wilderness first aid, land navigation and
crime scene preservation. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://www.wildernessrescue.org/2009masar/masar.html">http://www.wildernessrescue.org/2009masar/masar.html</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>New Mexico</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:State><b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'> Escape 2009 May 1-3</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The New Mexico Emergency Services Council hosts Escape
2009 in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:city u1:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Ruidoso</st1:City>, <st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">NM</st1:State></st1:place>
. Highlighted seminars include tactical tracking, mounted search and
one-on-one dog handling instruction. Other classes cover basic search and
rescue techniques such as navigation, communications, field medicine and
patient transport, search organization and wilderness technical rescue
techniques.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><a href="http://www.nmesc.org/">http://www.nmesc.org/</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>August</span></font></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Illinois</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:State><b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'> SAR Conference (ISARC) August 21 – 23</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>ISARC will be held at <st1:placename u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Rend</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:placename u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Resort & Conference</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:city u1:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Whittington</st1:City> , <st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">IL</st1:State></st1:place> . Conference agenda and activities
should be posted on the web site below by May 1. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><a href="http://www.illinoissar.org/Conference.htm">http://www.illinoissar.org/Conference.htm</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><u><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;font-weight:bold'>October</span></font></u></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:
bold'>Ohio</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:State><b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:
bold'> 1st Annual SAR Conference October 9 - 10</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Ohio</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> is
kicking off its first SAR conference at Hidden Hollow Camp in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:city u1:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bellville</st1:City>, <st1:state u1:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">OH</st1:State></st1:place> . Robert Koester will be giving courses
on Lost Person Behavior, Search Management and Urban Search. For conference
schedule and registration go to the link below and click on Special Events.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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