New Mexico Department of Public Safety
SAR Resource Officer
Bob Rodgers
(505) 827-9228
Robert.Rodgers@state.nm.us
Links to interesting and informative sites
The links on this page are for the benefit of our members and visitors but in no way imply an endorsement by NMSARC. These links are related to wilderness search and rescue, and outdoor recreation. The sites are chosen primarily based on recommendations from our team members.
The New Mexico Search and Rescue Council makes no warranty of the quality of information you will get at these sites.
SAR and emergency services sites
New Mexico Department of Public Safety: New Mexico Search and Rescue
http://www.dps.nm.org/lawEnforcement/searchRescue/index.php
National Association For Search & Rescue
http://www.nasar.org
Colorado Search and Rescue Board
http://www.coloradosarboard.org/
Colorado Search and Rescue Fund
http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/fa/sar/index.html
Washington State Search and Rescue Volunteer Advisory Council
http://wasar.bizland.com/
FEMA ICS Resource Center
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ICSResource/index.htm
dbS Productions: The Source of Search and Rescue Research, Publications, and Training
http://www.dbs-sar.com/
National Cave Rescue Commission (NCRC)
http://www.caves.org/ncrc/national/index.html
The E9-1-1 Institute
http://www.e911institute.org/
National Ski Patrol
http://www.nsp.org/
Mapping and outdoor related sites
MapTools: Tools for plotting GPS coordinates
http://maptools.com/index.html
GPS Coordinate Conversion
http://www.jeepreviews.com/wireless-gps-coordinates/
NADCON: convert geographic coordinates in NAD27 datum to NAD83 datum
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/TOOLS/Nadcon/Nadcon.html
Convert Lat/Lon to UTM Coordinates or UTM to Lat/Lon Coordinates
http://www.rcn.montana.edu/resources/tools/coordinates.aspx
FCC: Convert :Latitude/Longitude in Degrees/ Minutes/Seconds to/from Decimal
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html
Microsoft Research Maps
http://msrmaps.com/
NOAA: Estimated Magnetic Declanation
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomagmodels/Declination.jsp
GPSFileDepot: New Mexico Garmin Compatible Maps
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/state/nm/
New Mexico Topo Maps
http://sar.lanl.gov/
National Atlas, Department of Interior
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
The National Map, USGS
http://nationalmap.gov/
Wilderness Area Data Search
http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=advSearch
Public Lands Information Center
http://newmexico.publiclands.org/
Radio
The National Association for Amateur Radio
http://www.arrl.org/
W5YI: Resources for Amateur and Commercial Radio
http://www.w5yi.org/
Medical
Wilderness Medical Associates
http://www.medofficer.net/
International Society for Mountain Medicine
http://www.ismmed.org/
The High Altitude Medicine Guide
http://www.high-altitude-medicine.com/
Technical rescue
BASARC: Considerations for Rope Rescue in 2008
http://www.basarc.org/articles/p2_articleid/2
Animated Knots by Grog
http://www.animatedknots.com/indexrescue.php
