Canine Search and Rescue Team Water Air Scent

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Resource: Canine Search and Rescue Team Water Air Scent
Category: Search and Rescue (ESF #9) Kind: Team
Minimum Capabilities (Component)	Minimum Capabilities (Metric)	Type I	Type II	Type III	Type IV	Other
Dog Team: 1 Dog 1 Handler 1 Support Person	Search Capabilities	Capable of working swiftwater/stillwater environments; Trained and equipped to perform search ops on foot and from any type of watercraft bmpharmacy.com	Capable of working stillwater environments; Trained and equipped to perform search ops on foot and from any type of watercraft	Capable of working swiftwater and stillwater ops from shore only	Capable of working swiftwater ops from shore only	Capable of working stillwater ops from shore only
Dog Team: 1 Dog 1 Handler 1 Support Person	Search Capabilities	Type VI Capable of working salt-water and very large fresh water environments from both boat and shore	Type VII Capable of working salt-water and very large fresh water environments from shore only
Knowledge and Equipment for Water Search Dog Teams		Type I, III, IV, VI, VII Water Helmet; Class V Water Vest; Throw Rope; Swiftwater lifesaving skills; Knowledge of water rescue and boat operations; First Aid for both human and dog; Personal/dog safety; Radio communications	Type II, V Water Helmet; Class III-V Water Vest; Throw Rope; Stillwater lifesaving skills; Knowledge of water rescue operations in stillwater environment; First Aid for both human and dog; Personal/dog safety; Radio communications equipment

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.


National Mutual Aid & Resource Management Initiative	Search and Rescue