Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Training Manual（山地自行车搜救训练手册）.pdfVIP

Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Training Manual Edited by: Hans Erdman, WEMT Backcountry Trail Patrol © 2003, 2006 Backcountry Trail Patrol Association, Inc. Zimmerman, MN All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, without the written permission of the Backcountry Trail Patrol Association and the National Mountain Bike Patrol. Welcome, Volunteer Mountain Bike Patroller! Congratulations! You have volunteered to serve in what may well become one of the National Mountain Bike Patrol’s most recognized programs. If the mission of the National Mountain Bike patrol is to “Educate, Assist and Inform” then Search and Rescue (SAR) certainly falls under the broad category of “Assist.” We hope that patrollers who offer to take part in searches for lost or missing persons will reflect the highest standards of IMBA, (International Mountain Bicycling Association) and the National Mountain Bike Patrol. This manual will serve as a adjunct to your mountain bike patroller and search and rescue training programs. This manual has been prepared to assist you with your training as an NMBP “Search and Rescue” volunteer. Although SAR is not the primary function of a National Mountain Bike Patrol unit, it is certainly a valuable way that patrollers can serve their community, assist other people, and provide a positive image of mountain bikers and the sport of mountain biking. I would like to thank the following people and organizations, without which this manual and training program would never have come into existence: New York State Forest Rangers: Arguably, the finest resource and forest visitor protection force in the coun