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Liability in Search and Rescues: Should Individuals who Necessitate their Own Rescues Have to Pay?

Liability in Search and Rescues: Should Individuals who Necessitate their Own Rescues Have to Pay?. Sheila M. Huss University of Colorado Denver. Introduction and the Legal Basis for Search and Rescue. Search and Rescue **Heightened attention **Who they are, what they do

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Liability in Search and Rescues: Should Individuals who Necessitate their Own Rescues Have to Pay?

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  1. Liability in Search and Rescues: Should Individuals who Necessitate their Own Rescues Have to Pay? Sheila M. Huss University of Colorado Denver

  2. Introduction and the Legal Basis for Search and Rescue • Search and Rescue **Heightened attention **Who they are, what they do • Free Public Services Doctrine: **What it is **Relevance to SAR **Exceptions

  3. The Shift Toward Liability • State legislation • Local policies • Support and opposition

  4. Implications for Charge-for Rescue Policies and Conclusion • Erosion of the Free Public Services Doctrine • Effects on SAR organizations • Other implications • Concluding remarks

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