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  2. Search and rescue dog - Wikipedia

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    A search-and-rescue (SAR) dog is a dog trained to respond to crime scenes, accidents, missing persons events, as well as natural or man-made disasters. [1] These dogs detect human scent, which is a distinct odor of skin flakes and water and oil secretions unique to each person [1] [2] and have been known to find people underwater, snow, and ...

  3. Search and rescue - Wikipedia

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    A SAR cruiser of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service. Search and rescue ( SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over.

  4. Search and rescue in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Search and rescue in the United States. Search and rescue in the United States involves a wide range of organizations that have search and rescue responsibilities. In January 2008, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the National Response Framework (NRF) which serves as the guiding document for a federal response ...

  5. International Search and Rescue Dog Organisation - Wikipedia

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    The International Search and Rescue Dog Organisation is based in Salzburg, Austria and currently employs six people. The highest decision-making body of the IRO is the Meeting of Delegates. It is composed of the delegates from the respective national search and rescue dog organisations, the executive board and the executive committee.

  6. Trakr - Wikipedia

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    Trakr (c. 1994 – April 2009) was a German Shepherd police dog who along with his handler, Canadian police officer James Symington, discovered the last survivor of the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City in 2001. For his accomplishments, Trakr was named one of history's most heroic animals by Time magazine. [1]

  7. Apollo (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Apollo was a German Shepherd born around 1992, who was in service with the K-9 unit of the New York Police Department (NYPD). [4] In 1994, he graduated from the NYPD Canine Special Operations Division, and was one of the first dogs to learn search and rescue. Apollo passed Type-II training in Florida in 1997, and Type-I in Indianapolis in 1999.

  8. Search & Rescue (song) - Wikipedia

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    Search & Rescue (song) " Search & Rescue " is a song by Canadian rapper Drake. It was released through OVO Sound and Republic Records as a single on April 7, 2023. Drake wrote the song with producers Bnyx and BeautifulMvn, SadPony, and Wesley Curtis, and co-producers Lil Yachty and 40 .

  9. Detection dog - Wikipedia

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    Detection dog training in U.S. Navy military for drug detection An English Springer Spaniel on duty as a detection dog with the British Transport Police at Waterloo station. A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to use its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, wildlife scat, currency, blood, and contraband electronics such as illicit mobile phones.