Our Search and Rescue Dogs are trained to find alive missing people in forests, rubble, ruins, etc. by following a scent which is carried on the air and to ignore all interfernces in their working area such as scattered food, working rescuers, rescue euipment.
This is a very efficint method of searching large areas quickly and does not require items of clothing or effect of the missing person. Dogs work equally well in the dark and use their senses of smell and hearing to their fullest under these conditions.
It is calculated that dog is equivalent to about 20 searchers in good conditions and many more in poor conditions.
In ideal conditions, a dog can pick up a human scent from about 500 meters.
