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1 National Urban Search & Rescue Response System Canine Search Specialist Training Canine Search Specialist Training STM Unit 6A: The Search Team Manager and the Canine Search Specialist
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STM Unit 6A:
The Search Team Manager and the Canine Search Specialist
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Unit ObjectiveUpon completion of this unit, you will be able to describe the Search Team Manager’s 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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IntroductionOverall 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 Specialist’s 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 Team’s make-up will be
incident driven—based 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 area—OKC’s Murrah Federal Building
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What Happens When We Go to Work (continued) Examples
Large localized area—World Trade Center
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What Happens When We Go to Work (continued) Examples
Wide Area Search California
earthquakesFlorida hurricanes Indonesian tsunamiHurricane 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 EvaluationPlease fill out the evaluation for this unit
