ID
8-508-1165
Name
Canine Search Team - Disaster/Structural Collapse Live
Status
Published
Version
1.3
Updated
11/15/2019 4:46:36 PM
Original Release
11/07/2017
Last Major Release
11/15/2019
Description
The Canine Search Team – Disaster/Structural Collapse Live searches for and detects live human scent in failed structures and debris fields.
Resource Category
Search and Rescue
Primary Core Capability
Mass Search and Rescue Operations
Secondary Core Capability
Resource Kind
Team
Overall Function
The Canine Search Team – Disaster/Structural Collapse Live:
1. Provides search services for detecting live human scent in failed structures and in debris fields
2. Provides medical care to include first aid
3. Conducts planning for team-level tactics
4. Provides basic protection of personnel with regard to:
a. Safety
b. Emergency shelter
c. Medical care
d. Simple decontamination
e. Basic ground support capability for helicopter operations
f. Minor repair of personal or team equipment (Incident Logistics Support)
5. Operates in environments with and without infrastructure, including compromised access to roadways, utilities, transportation, and limited availability of shelter, food, and water
6. Does not provide ambulance service, or transport of humans or animals to shelter or other locations
Composition and Ordering Specifications
1. Discuss the following items prior to deployment:
a. Communications beyond Intra-team communications, such as programmable inter-operable communications with Command, General Staff, the military, and other supporting resources
b. Presence of contaminated environments and need for related personal protective equipment (PPE), clothing, and equipment
c. Security and force protection needed upon arrival
d. Logistics support, such as working conditions, length of deployment, lodging, transportation, and meals
2. The requestor should specify mission location and operational environments, such as the presence of failed structures, water, type of terrain, weather, and hazardous materials contamination
3. If the incident involves search in failed structures, the requestor should specify the construction environment conditions – heavy, medium, light – when ordering
a. Heavy construction: Failed structures of heavy floor, pre-cast concrete, reinforced concrete, steel frame construction, and mass transportation equipment
b. Medium construction: Failed structures of heavy wall and non-reinforced concrete construction, confined spaces (permit required), trenches and excavations
c. Light construction: Failed structures of light frame construction
4. Requestor should order an adequate number of canine teams based on the physical endurance of the canines, search area, and environmental conditions
5. The requestor should specify the need for additional vehicles, trailers, equipment, or supplies
6. The handler determines duty cycle of the dog based on assignment, environment, terrain, and other factors affecting detection performance
7. The requestor should order separately any additional specialized personnel, such as Advanced Life Support (ALS), medical, animal, logistics, advisors, or helicopter support
| Supporting Core Capabilities |
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| None |
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| MINIMUM PERSONNEL PER TEAM | Not Specified |
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| MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT PERSONNEL PER TEAM | The requestor may need to order this resource in conjunction with an Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force or Structural Collapse SAR Team, which would provide oversight. |
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| SUPPORT PERSONNEL PER TEAM | Not Specified |
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| General Function Equipment Per Team | Provision of heavy equipment and tools is the responsibility of the US&R or Structural Collapse SAR Team providing oversight of this resource. |
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| Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Equipment Per Team Member | PPE should be equivalent to parameters set forth in American National Standard Institute (ANSI) Z359: Fall Protection Code. |
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| Communications Equipment Per Team Member | 1. Intra-team and inter-team communications should be consistent with National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG). 2. Consider alternate forms of communication, such as satellite phones, based on the mission assignment and team needs. |
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| TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT PER TEAM | Vehicle is for use in transporting team members and equipment and should be capable of 4-wheel drive if necessary for conditions. |
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| Notes |
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| References |
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| Reference |
| FEMA, NIMS 509: Canine Search Specialist – Disaster/Structural Collapse Live |
| FEMA, NIMS 509: Structural Collapse Search Technician |
| FEMA, NIMS 509: Structural Collapse Rescue Technician |
| FEMA, NIMS 508: Structural Collapse Search Team |
| FEMA, NIMS 508: Structural Collapse Rescue Team |
| FEMA, NIMS 508: Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force |
| FEMA, National Incident Management System (NIMS), October 2017 |
| ANSI/ASSE Z359.1-2007 Safety Requirements for Personal Fall Arrest Systems, Subsystems & Components |
| ANSI/EMAP 1-2016 National Urban Search and Rescue Standard, 2016 |
| United Nations (UN) International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG), Guidelines and Methodology, 2012 |
| U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Emergency Communications (OEC), National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG), v. 1.5, 2014 |