History
Everywhere
around the world, search and rescue dogs play a major part in rescue
missions. These dogs trained to help people in need in very different
situations, and each dog has its specificities.
They
search people blocked under buildings pulled down after earthquakes
or gas explosions, and after underground accidents in tunnels and
galleries.
They
can also search for disorientated people, lost elderly people or
children, shocked persons after an accident, sick people, etc. Search
and Rescue dogs operate of course after avalanches, but also during
searches for people lost in sea.
All
the people who train these dogs and make them work in rescue situations
are volunteers. They belong for the most part to army corps or professional
organisations like Fire Brigades for instance.
The
International Search and Rescue Organisation - International Rettungshunde
Organisation – was founded in 1993.
Countries
have developed different methods of search and rescue according
to the various types of situations and interventions they were confronted
to; sharing this knowledge is a way to greatly improve the methods
of the teams of intervention.
A borderless
cooperation between the international SAR Organisations in the field
of training, and the development of cynotechnical groups, are among
the missions of the IRO.
The
yearly Championships represent a friendly opportunity to share this
knowledge, which is always of a higher level...
