I was fortunate enough not to have had very little S&R involvement. Since I worked in large wilderness areas adjacent to National Parks the S&R functions were most often carried out by the Park Service in conjunction with the Sheriff's department. The NPs are rich enough to afford such specialized service since they charge entrance fees and have larger budgets due to much higher public use. The dispatch, law enforcement, and S&R functions are top notch because they get an awful lot of activity over a season. Usually, us po' folk with the FS were left to simply poke around in the woods.
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