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The rest of the thread explicitly states that (1) SAR is badly short-staffed; and (2) they have similar training requirements. (see e.g. https://news.ycombinato
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
The rest of the thread explicitly states that (1) SAR is badly short-staffed; and (2) they have similar training requirements. (see e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42997100 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42997100 )
You're presenting ski patrol as an example of how SAR operates, and the other comments seem to agree. Is it desirable to run SAR that way?
- itishappy 2y agoYes. Search and rescue is not an employment agency. A search and rescue organization without the necessary training to perform search and rescue doesn't help anyone.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoThat might depend on whether you prefer being rescued incompetently to dying alone in the wilderness, no?
- itishappy 2y agoAn "incompetent rescue" can end up with more than one person dead in the wilderness. Sadly, if rescue is likely to put others in danger, I'd expect to be left to die.
- grogenaut 2y agoa bad rescue means you need to send in 4*n personel where n is the number of rescuers + original patient. I feel the gp is just trying to win an argument in comments and not actually understand anything.