Warren County Mounted Search Team

Who We Are . . . The Warren County Mounted Search Team (WCMST) is a volunteer emergency services organization, associated with the Warren County Chapter of the Ohio Horseman's Council Inc. (OHC), and an affiliate of the Warren County Department of Emergency Services (DES). We can be called out by he DES for official searches for missing persons, articles and evidence.

PURPOSE The purpose of the Warren County Mounted Search Team (WCMST) is to provide a reliable, functional, trained mounted search team to assist officials of Warren County and other counties in an organized legitimate search.

What We Do The Warren County Mounted Search Team performs searches for missing persons, articles and evidence. The Team consists of ground support and mounted riders. Each member maintains CPR, AED, First Aid, map, compass and GPS use, radio comunications, evidence protection, search procedures, incident management and formation riding (formation riding training is not required for ground support). All WCMST members participate in a search simulation at least annually. Simulated searches and other training seminars and guest speakers are scheduled periodically. All members are given our Policy and Procedures Manual, and are expected to attend quarterly business meetings on the fourth Wednesday of January, April, July and October, plus trainings as scheduled. Riders are provided with a white equestrian safety helmet and an orange vest for visibility, and must maintain personal safety equipment and supplies carried in a saddle bag.

Experience The WCMST has trained with Medina County Sheriff's Unit, Butler County Sheriff's Mounted Patrol, the Morrow, Lebanon, Turtlecreek, and Reilly Township Fire Dept., Warren County Dept. of Emergency Services (formerly Emergency Management Agency) and Warren County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES). We have shared trainings with other search teams, including Tri-State Search & Rescue Inc, East Fork State Park Mounted Search & Rescue, Central Ohio Mounted Search Unit (COMSU), Miami Valley Mounted Search & Rescue, and Southwestern Ohio Search & Rescue (SWOSAR). WCMST has assisted the Warren County Sheriff's Dept., Caesar Creek State Park Rangers, Preble County EMA, and the Oxford Police Dept. in actual searches, helped the Jefferson Township Fire Dept. (Adams County) check flood victims, and has patrolled the Little Miami Bike Trail in conjunction with Warren County RACES for the Juvenile Diabetes Bikathon.

For more information about the team or becoming a member, contact:


Warren County Mounted Search Team


Call:
Judy Picklesimer (513) 494-1417

eMail: wcmst1@msn.com



For Emergency Assistance, contact:
Warren County Dept. of Emergency Services
(513) 695-1315

This webpage is maintained by Judy Picklesimer Copyright © 2009. All rights reserved Images provided by Warren County Mounted Search Team Site last updated 1/28/09 .