 SAR
K9 Cours in Singapore
Singapore Civil Defence
Force.
The Singapore Government
realised that there are now certificated SAR K9 available in the of region
Asia.
The Singapore Government
contacted LiSAR, to give SAR courses and delivery of eight young SAR
dogs.
The assignment was: Teach
eight students to handle Search and Rescue dogs and train the eight dogs up
to the stage of advanced / experience SAR DOG.
For this project, LiSAR
developed a new training method, based on IRO SAR Urban standards and useful
for the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the regions of Asia. This was
necessary because the most breeds are not useful in this tropical climate,
so we advised the Singapore Civil Defence Force to buy eight Mechelse
Shepherds (malinois).
From January until March
2004, LiSAR tested over 40 dogs and out of those 40 dogs we selected eight
suitable dogs.
The first part, the
beginners- course, we planned in April 2004 in the Netherlands and Belgium.
The second part, the
advanced course we planed in June 2004 in Singapore. The time between the
first course and the second course is, because the dogs had to be in
quarantine and to acclimatize to the tropical heat.
The third part, the
certification for overseas missions , we planned in February 2005.
The students had to pass
the theoretical and practical tests of the beginners-course, before they
could go to the next stage of advanced, and then to overseas missions
course.
The beginners and
advanced course contents.
·
Techniques for
searching victims in urban areas.
·
Techniques for
searching victims in buildings.
·
To draw up
Searching strategies
and execute them.
·
Reading of K9’s.
·
The behaviour of human
scent.
·
Safety.
·
Basic knowledge of
Search and dog behaviour.
·
Training during
daytime.
·
Training during
night-time.
·
K9 obedience.
·
Balance training.
At the end of April 2004,
after working days of 10 up to 12 hours, all the students pasted the
beginner’s handler’s tests with good results.
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In June 2004, two
instructors of LiSAR travelled to Singapore for to give the advanced SAR
course.
The third part of the
course: the certification for overseas mission.
(February 2005).
The SAR overseas mission
course content.
·
Prepare the SCDF Search dog platoon for real SAR operation.
·
To
teach SAR Dogs and handlers to read the dog in case of a found, dead
victim.
·
To
train SAR Dog and teach the handler to read the dog when they find a
stressed victim. (Stress and fear gives a different body scent).
·
To
teach how to train the SAR DOG to ignore distractions at the search.
·
48
hours SAR effort exercice.
·
Obedience with a K9
·
Balance training with a K9
·
Daily healthcare of the dog.
·
Dogs first aid
(kit).
·
Human first aid
·
Tactical effort to track the scent with a
dog.
·
Construction work.
·
Tunnel search.
·
Building search.
Photo impression from
the Search and Rescue course in Singapore.
 The
Singapore Search dog Platoon.
 SAR
k9 Zicco
 SAR
k9 Luddo found an victim. (training stage 1.)
 K9
Wodan & Instructor Rene Linssen
 K9
Zicco works her way to the victim.
 Rubble
training area 1.
 Rubble
training area 2. 400 x 400 m
 Training
with victims inside the cars
 teaching
to make constructions
 Construction
type I
 Underground
tunnel Construction type 2
 Rubble
construction type 3
 Safe
construction type 4 build with only concrete.
 Sewer
pipe construction type 5
 Collapsed
roof construction type 6.
 Marking
the type of collapsed constructions
 Buttres
tunnel for to hide victims. 5 m under the rubble
 Even
we hide a victim in a can under the rubble. The garage was totally
sealed with concrete
 Building
the basic camp for the exercise.
 K9
SAR Zacha locates an victim, 6 meters from here.
victim is in the room but buried under the collapsed sealing.
 K9
SAR Radja point to the victim he does this by scratching and barking.
 The
rescue worker buttress the reinforced concrete
 the
safe transport of the victim
 Night
search at the chemical plant.
 Night
search.
 theory
lessons.
Another problem that we
noticed, when a disaster happens in the region of Asia., no real SAR K9 team
from Europe ,can help for the full 100%.
For example: if the SAR
dogs come from a winter season in Europe or other parts off the world , and
they have to be flown into the tropical region of Asia, the SAR dog team
have to acclimatize. If they don't do that the humidity and heat can kill
their SAR dogs during the work. It’s no use for these teams to go, if they
can work for only five minutes.
For SAR Courses & SAR
K9 Sales contact:
European Sience and Business Park te
Avantis,
aan de
Stevensweg 251 Heerlen
The Netherlands.
Phone 0031(0) 6 234
80 959.
0031 (0) 455 270 940.
E mail: LiSAR@LiSAR.com
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