Overview of Standard Operating Guidelines
The following information is covered in the Standard Operating Guidelines (SOG):
- Preplanning Obligation of Members
- Notification and Dispatch for an Operations Response
- Departure to Scene
- On Scene Arrival
- On Scene Behavoir
- Planning, Strategy, Tactics and Operations
- Leaving the Scene
- Personal Responsibility

Overview of By-Laws
The following information is covered in the By-Laws:
- Articles of Agreement
- Membership: probationary, active, inactive, supporting categories; application process; expulsion
- Membership Meetings
- Board of Directors, Administrative Officers, Committees
- Line Officers
- Contracts, Funds, Deposits, Dues, Books and Records, Fiscal Year
- Personal Liability and Indemnification
- Amendments

Member Application Process
All hikers in good physical condition who live in the local area are invited to apply for membership. Minimum age is 18. For a fuller description of membership requirements and obligations, see articles II and III of the By-Laws and sections II, IV, V, VI, VII, and IX of the Standard Operating Guidelines.
Mail Membership Application Form, Signed Waiver and $10 dues to
PVSART
8 Country Road
North Woodstock, NH 03262

Contact Information
Pemigewasset Search and Rescue
P.O. Box 595
Franconia, NH 03580
(603)823-5748