ASB rescue dog team

Our dogs are good at smelling people. Especially missing ones.

Why rescue dogs?

People go missing in our neighborhood almost every day:
A senior citizen gets lost on a walk in the woods, a suicide note announces a suicide, a driver leaves the scene of an accident in shock, a family is buried in a gas explosion.

When searching for people, the possibilities of humans and their technology (for example, searching using a drone with a thermal imaging camera) are often limited.

In contrast, dogs have many advantages:

  • Their nose has 220 million active olfactory cells and detects people over distances of up to 500 meters.

  • Fast and agile as dogs are, they can also be used in rough terrain.

Trained rescue dogs are therefore irreplaceable helpers in the search for missing persons.

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Training as a rescue dog team

Rescue dog work is a voluntary commitment and places high demands on the two and four-legged friends. This is why the teams undergo one and a half to two years of training in the ASB rescue dog squadron to prepare them for their missions.

Operational rescue dog teams have at least the following training:

  • Medical service
  • Cynology (the study of the nature of dogs)
  • Organization and operational tactics
  • Operations
  • Radio communication (BOS radio)
  • Maps, compass and GPS
  • Safe behavior during use
  • First aid for dogs
  • Accident prevention

 

 

If you would like to report a missing person, please contact the police by calling 110.
The police often cooperate with the local ASB rescue dog squadron.

Contact

Would you like more information about our rescue dog team or do you have further questions? Please feel free to contact us.
You can reach the rescue dog team at rettungshunde@asb-rhein-neckar.de