ASTM F1847-98(2012)
(Guide)Standard Guide for Demonstrating Minimum Skills of Search and Rescue Dogs and Handlers
Standard Guide for Demonstrating Minimum Skills of Search and Rescue Dogs and Handlers
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This guide may be used by units, handlers, and requesting agencies when evaluating dog resources or as a basis for establishing local minimum performance guidelines or standards. All or a subst of this guide may be utilized.
Agencies and organizations who have responsibility for search and rescue operations may use this guide as a basis for developing standardized testing and certification of search dog resources.
This guide does not provide a theoretical basis for how a search dog crew works, rather it describes the minimum results desired. Definitions that are referenced are provided to develop consistency in interpretation.
Each dog team, unit or organization wishing to use this guide has the responsibility of managing and administering it. Units may wish to use evaluators from other units or organizations, or, request assistance in obtaining qualified evaluators from organizations such as the SAR Dog Section of the National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR). This decision however, rests solely with the individual team or organization. The method of evaluation is also entirely at the discretion of each user of this guide.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers voluntary uniform training guidelines for dogs and handlers who engage in search and rescue (SAR) activities throughout the Unites States.
1.2 This guide provides a minimum set of training goals against which SAR dog teams and organizations may voluntarily evaluate their own training programs.
1.3 This guide provides a means of documenting a minimum standard for those agencies who request SAR dog resources for SAR operations and require such documentation.
1.4 Local SAR dog handlers and parent organizations are responsible for testing and verification that individual resources meet or exceed these guidelines.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: F1847 − 98(Reapproved 2012)
Standard Guide for
Demonstrating Minimum Skills of Search and Rescue Dogs
and Handlers
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1847; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.1.2 bringsel—an object carried by the dog or handler that
is retrieved or tugged on by the dog when the dog finds its
1.1 This guide covers voluntary uniform training guidelines
target.
for dogs and handlers who engage in search and rescue (SAR)
3.1.3 refind—an action by a free-ranging dog that is initiated
activities throughout the Unites States.
after the dog finds its target and results in the dog directing the
1.2 This guide provides a minimum set of training goals
handler back to the target.
against which SAR dog teams and organizations may volun-
3.1.4 return—an action of a free-ranging dog that brings the
tarily evaluate their own training programs.
dog back to its handler after finding its target.
1.3 This guide provides a means of documenting a mini-
3.1.5 scent article—an object used by search personnel to
mum standard for those agencies who request SAR dog
familiarize a dog with the scent of a subject.
resources for SAR operations and require such documentation.
1.4 Local SAR dog handlers and parent organizations are
4. Summary of Guide
responsible for testing and verification that individual re-
4.1 This guide provides dog handlers, units and organiza-
sources meet or exceed these guidelines.
tions in differing locales with the ability to understand and
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
replicate skills and training required to meet these minimum
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
guidelines.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
4.2 This guide identifies a minimum set of skills that will
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
help establish the mission readiness of a search dog crew for
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
search and rescue operations.
2. Referenced Documents
4.3 The dog and handler skills demonstrate the crew’s
abilities to estimate probabilities of detection.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
F1633 Guide for Techniques in Land Search
5. Significance and Use
F1848 Classification for Search and Rescue Dog Crew/
Teams
5.1 This guide may be used by units, handlers, and request-
F1879 Guide for Demonstrating Obedience and Agility in
ing agencies when evaluating dog resources or as a basis for
Search and Rescue Dogs
establishing local minimum performance guidelines or stan-
dards. All or a subst of this guide may be utilized.
3. Terminology
5.2 Agencies and organizations who have responsibility for
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
search and rescue operations may use this guide as a basis for
3.1.1 alert—an indication by a dog that signals the handler
developing standardized testing and certification of search dog
that the targeted scent has been found.
resources.
5.3 This guide does not provide a theoretical basis for how
1 a search dog crew works, rather it describes the minimum
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search and
Rescue and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F32.02 on Management and results desired. Definitions that are referenced are provided to
Operations.
develop consistency in interpretation.
Current edition approved June 1, 2012. Published August 2012. Originally
approved in 1998. Last previous edition approved in 1998 as F1847 - 98 (2005). 5.4 Each dog team, unit or organization wishing to use this
DOI: 10.1520/F1847-98R12.
guide has the responsibility of managing and administering it.
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F1847 − 98 (2012)
Units may wish to use evaluators from other units or skills are appropriate for local conditions and achieves a level
organizations, or, request assistance in obtaining qualified of familiarity among all parties engaged in SAR operations.
evaluators from organizations such as the SAR Dog Section of
7.2 Basic SAR Skills:
the NationalAssociation of Search and Rescue (NASAR).This
7.2.1 First Aid/Survival/Safety Skills:
decision however, rests solely with the individual team or
organization. The method of evaluation is also entirely at the 7.2.1.1 The handler should demonstrate an acceptable level
discretion of each user of this guide.
of training and performance of both human and canine first aid.
Acceptablelevelsofperformanceshouldmimicthestandardof
6. Dog Skills
care in the local community where the dog handler will work.
6.1 Obedience and Agility Skills: 7.2.1.2 A handler should have the knowledge and ability to
6.1.1 Dogs used in SAR operations should posses an ac- sustain themselves AND a lost person for at least 24 h with
ceptable level of agility and obedience skills such as those
equipment they normally carry.
listed in Guide F1879.
7.2.1.3 A handler should the knowledge and ability to
6.1.2 Obedience skills should ensure that the SAR dog will
evaluate hazards, select safe routes and follow safe procedures
be under the control of the handler in a manner that allows the
within their assigned working environment. This could include
dog to participate in SAR operations without interfering with
knowledge such as an awareness of avalanche potential, the
other search resources.
use of flotation devices during water searches, the use of latex
6.1.3 Agility skills should ensure the dog’s ability to tra-
gloves in first aid or the preservation of evidence in cadaver
verse obstacles and terrain that may be present during SAR
searching, etc.
operations.
7.2.2 Land Navigation—The handler should with the aid of
6.1.4 The sufficiency of a
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