Canine Search Specialist Training

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Canine Search Specialist Training

• STM Unit 6A
• The Search Team Manager and the Canine Search
  Specialist

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Unit Objective

• Upon completion of this unit, you will be able to
  describe the Search Team Managers
  responsibilities in relation to the Canine Search
  Specialist

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Enabling Objectives

• Describe the overall goal of the Canine Search
  Specialist Training (CSST) program
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of the
  Canine Search Specialist and Search Team Manager
  before being deployed

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Enabling Objectives (continued)

• Identify the relational aspects of working with
  the Canine Search Specialist before, during, and
  after a deployment
• List the deployment related documentation
  requirements for both the Canine Search
  Specialist and Search Team Manager

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Introduction

• Overall Goal of CSST Program
• To train the Canine Search Specialist to function
  effectively as in disaster environments
• To perform all tasks and procedures, and meet all
  guidelines required of Canine Search Specialists
  position

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Introduction (continued)

• So why include STMs in the class?
• To understand roles and responsibilities of the
  STM in relation to the CSS
• To understand the canine resource - capabilities,
  limitations, and needs

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What should the STM know about the CSS?
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What should the STM know about the CSS?

• Certified dog?
• Prior Deployments?
• Individual characteristics of the handler and
  dog?
• Additional training?

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What should the STM know about the Canine
resource?

• Strengths and limitations?
• Structural (NYC, OKC)
• Snow (UT, CO)
• Water (FL)
• Mud (CA, Indonesia)
• Trains (IL, CA)

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Relationship Between STM and CSS

• Prior to deployment
• During a deployment
• STM represents the Handlers and Canines during
  the planning stages prior to, and during
  deployment (meetings with the TFL and Managers)

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Prior to Deployment

• Teamwork is very important for the effectiveness,
  unity, and morale of the Search function
• The STM should know his canine resource and
  communicate with the CSS

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Prior to Deployment, (continued)

• How can the CSS and the STM work together
  effectively?
• How can we help each other on a deployment?

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During Deployment
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Using CSS Personnel Effectively

• There is a reasonable expectation that the
  handlers will be used in other ways when not
  engaged in search functions
• Can include a multitude of tasks

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Base of Operations (BoO)

• What are a BoO and a Forward BoO?
• Considerations for canines when establishing the
  BoO
• Facilities, logistics, and access related to
  canines and handlers

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What Happens When We Go to Work

• The Search Teams make-up will be incident
  drivenbased on the magnitude of the incident and
  the geographical area involved

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What Happens When We Go to Work (continued)

• Examples
• Centralized areaOKCs Murrah Federal Building

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What Happens When We Go to Work (continued)

• Examples
• Large localized areaWorld Trade Center

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What Happens When We Go to Work (continued)

• Examples
• Wide Area Search
• California earthquakes
• Florida hurricanes
• Indonesian tsunami
• Hurricane Katrina

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Incident Triage

• Use common sense when you triage the incident
• Determine where the canines are going to be most
  effective

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Search Markings

• Who does the search markings at an incident?
• Is it the canine handler, spotter, or the STM?
• Who is responsible for the search markings?

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Documentation

• Both the CSS and STM should keep a daily personal
  log
• Why should a log be kept?

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Unit Summary and Evaluation
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Unit Summary

• Describe the overall goal of the Canine Search
  Specialist Training (CSST) program
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of the
  Canine Search Specialist and Search Team Manager
  before being deployed

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Unit Summary (continued)

• Identify the relational aspects of working with
  the Canine Search Specialist before, during, and
  after a deployment
• List the deployment related documentation
  requirements for both the Canine Search
  Specialist and Search Team Manager

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Unit Evaluation

• Please fill out the evaluation for this unit