Lt32 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 We just got the new issue of Advanced Technical Rescue at the fire station yesterday. As I was thumbing through it I came upon the training section of it and found an article about geocaching. The magazine is advocating using geocaching as a way for Search and Rescue units to get more familiar with using GPS, maps and compasses. It's a fun way to train as it breaks up the training routine and provides something diffrent to do. Learning as you go while caching is one thing, in a SAR mission you have to know how to use it before leaving the station. Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Very cool! I know way back in the 80's when I was a deputy I would've loved turn by turn directions. El Diablo Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 This IS cool! What a great way to get some training in and have fun at the same time... Quote Link to comment
+sarhound Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 We've been using geocaching as a means to teach our team members about GPSr use since I discovered this site. A sister SAR team uses it, as well. To top it all off, I usually take one of my search dogs with me when I'm caching, and he's developing into an article recovery dog because of the trips-- he's finding caches that I can't find, following scent trails to the cache. It's nice to know geocaching can serve multiple purposes! Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 It's ironic when you consider just a couple of years ago SARs considered geocaching completely unrelated to the effort. Quote Link to comment
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