Dog Team:
1 Dog
1 Handler
1 Support Person

Capable of self-sustaining and searching for 24 hours in extreme weather and terrain conditions through avalanche debris fields

Capable of self-sustaining and searching for 24 hours in snow-covered environments in extreme weather conditions and moderate terrain

Personal snow travel equipment and gear to
self-sustain for 24 hours; Equipped to include cross-country skis or snow shoes, poles, probe poles, snow shovel, and avalanche beacon; Training, including avalanche safety and winter survival, including building snow cave, First Aid for both human and dog, personal/ dog safety, and radio communications

Personal snow travel equipment and gear to
self-sustain for 24 hours; Equipped to include
cross-country skis or snow shoes, poles, probe poles, snow shovel, and avalanche beacon; Training, including avalanche safety and winter survival, including building snow cave, First Aid for both human and dog, personal/ dog safety, and radio communications

Comments:

Note:  Many of these resources are capable of searching in a disaster environment, such as a wilderness team in outlying areas of a tornado zone, etc. It is critical that canine management personnel, knowledgeable in multiuse of canine resources, are available to Incident Command. This will not necessarily be reflected in this document.