Description
This workshop helps canine handlers to learn the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to build an advanced Live Find (LF) bark indication for your disaster search and rescue canine. This workshop continues to helps canine handlers understand how to build a solid bark indication. All disaster dogs need to have a solid bark indication and handlers often try to skip steps in the training process to try and save time. This workshop builds on where the Level 1 (9P1381) leaves off and continues to build a solid bark indication for your live find canine. This workshop can be taught sequentially together with the Building a Live Find Bark Indication - Level 1 (9P1381) workshop over a total of four days. This workshop will give you an advanced understanding for building the best bark alerts possible. This workshop is 16 hours of hands-on training, delivered over two days.
This workshop is one of the six different hands-on training opportunities that comprises the Canine Technical Assistance Program (CTAP). The CTAP is designed to provide canine handlers practical knowledge and to receive feedback on different topics relevant to deploying (LF) and Human Remains Detection (HRD) canines to disasters. The CTAP workshops are appropriate for canine handlers that are looking to sharpen their skills and improve their capabilities by learning practical solutions to common challenges.
These workshops are appropriate for canine handlers that will work with either (LF) or (HRD) canine during search and rescue operations as part of Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force (TF).
The (CTAP) consists of the following six workshops:
- Building a Live Find Bark Indication - Level 1 (Course Code: 9P1381)
- Building a Live Find Bark Indication - Level 2 (Course Code: 9P1382)
- Teaching Canine Directional Control (Course Code: 9P1383)
- Disaster Canine Agility (Course Code: 9P1384)
- Live Find Diffuse Scent Considerations (Course Code: 9P1385)
- Stop the Shopping - Improving Commitment to Scent (Course Code: 9P1386)
Prerequisites
Prior to attending this workshop, students must have completed:
- Canine Search Specialist – Computer-Based Training (Course Code: 9P1330).
- Building a Live Find Bark Indication – Level 1 (Course Code: 9P1381) or receive permission from TEEX based on the canine’s abilities.
Attendance Requirements
Class attendance is an essential part of the education process and participants in TEEX courses are expected to attend all class sessions and field exercises. This course requires participants to attend a minimum of 80% of the class hours as a component of successful course completion. During the course, your instructor will review any additional attendance requirements, for example a field exercise that cannot be missed.
Topics
Field Station 1: Visual Enticement on Pile+Field Station 2: Verbal Enticement on Pile+Field Station 3: No enticement on Pile+Field Station 4: Visual Enticement, Limited Access+Field Station 5: Verbal Enticement, Limited Access+Field Station 6: Verbal Enticement, Limited Access+Field Station 7: No Enticement, Limited Access+Field Stations 8, 9, 10: No Enticement, Limited Access, Increase Bark +Field Station 11: Trouble Shooting+Field Station: Visual and Verbal Enticement on Pile +Field Station: No enticement on Pile+Field Station: Visual and Verbal Enticement, Limited Access+Field Station: No Enticement, Limited Access+Field Station: No Enticement, Limited Access, Increase Bark +Field Station: Trouble ShootingSuggested Audience
- FEMA Canine Search Specialists
- SUSAR Canine Search Specialists
- Regional or City US&R Teams
- Fire Department Responders
- Law Enforcement Personnel
Other Information
TEEX has provided training and technical assistance to National US&R and SUSAR task forces since 1998. Your department can be confident that training will meet credentialing and validation requirements. TEEX adheres to all of the requirements set forth by the FEMA US&R Program Office.
