Mounted search and rescue

["LAURI STRUVE" <lstruve@msn.com>]

One handy use of GPS is for marking where clues are found, where it looks 
like we have tracks etc. OBSAR teams then radio the lat long back to 
operations, who enter them in the computer, also teams give coords every 15 
minutes and you get a pretty good overview of how a search area is being 
covered, it's also printable to give the information to the agency in charge. 
I think that's mostly what we used the GPS for, used map and compass for 
everything else.
Lauri.
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Subject: [MSAR] Dog and Orthogonal Detector Guidelines (SWGDOG)
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MSAR-Riders and MSAR-ASTM:

Below is an exerpt of a notice posted on SAR-L about SWGDOG.
SWGDOG concerns (among other things) the use of dogs as search
animals.  Because horses are also potential search animals, it
may serve the MSAR community to participate in this activity
(at least as observers).

        Una Smith
        New Mexico


http://www.swgdog.org/
http://www.fiu.edu/~ifri/SWGDOG.htm

>From http://www.k9fleck.org/sardocs/sarpage2.htm :

>There has been recent talk about establishing a national
>"best practice standard" for all working canines. The
>Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detector
>Guidelines (SWGDOG) was recently formed to address this task.
>
>The Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detector
>Guidelines (SWGDOG) is a forum aimed at addressing the
>broadly expressed need to improve the performance, reliability,
>and courtroom defensibility of detector dog teams. It is also
>charged with recommending best approaches to the use of
>detector dogs in conjunction with electronic detection devices,
>or so-called orthogonal detectors. Modeled after the successful
>precedent of a variety of other scientific working groups,
>SWGDOG aims to develop internationally recognized consensus-
>based best practice guidelines developed by a membership of
>respected scientists, practitioners, and policy makers
>representing diverse backgrounds within the detection community.
>SWGDOG guidelines will be made available to the public via
>the SWGDOG website at www.swgdog.org. SWGDOG is funded by
>the National Institute of Justice, Federal Bureau of
>Investigation, and the Transportation Security Administration.
>
>SWGDOG Subcommittees
>. Unification of terminology
>. Protocols and documentation for minimum training,
>  certification, and maintenance standards (Substances, scent)
>. Selection of serviceable dogs and replacement systems
>. Kenneling, keeping, and health care
>. Selection and training of handlers and instructors
>. Procedures on presenting evidence in court
>. Research and technology
>. Substance detector dogs (Agriculture, Arson, Chem. / Bio.,
>  Drugs, Explosives, Human Remains, other / misc.
>. Scent dogs (Scent Identification, Search and Rescue, Trailing
>  Dogs, Tracking Dogs)
>
>The initial phase of SWGDOG will last two years, beginning
>mid-year 2005. Draft best practices guidelines emanating from
>each of the subcommittees will be available for public comment
>on the SWGDOG website by and large during 2006 at various
>points, with final, publicly-vetted guidelines from the initial
>phase posted by no later than mid-2007, and perhaps earlier.