ASTM F3070-14
(Guide)Standard Guide for Evaluating Area Search Dog Crews or Teams
Standard Guide for Evaluating Area Search Dog Crews or Teams
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 An area search dog crew or team is required to have, at a minimum, the knowledge, skills, and abilities outlined within this document.
4.1.1 An area search dog crew or team which meets the requirements in this guide is a Canine Search Resource of the category Area Search Dog as defined in F1848 Standard Classification System for Canine Search Resources.
4.1.2 Additional differentiation of the specific Canine Search Resource is defined in F1848 Standard Classification System for Canine Search Resources.
4.2 This guide only establishes the minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required for an area search dog crew or team to perform area searches. No other skills are included or implied.
4.3 This guide is an outline of the topics required for training or evaluating an area search dog team or crew, and may be used to assist in the development of a training document or program.
4.4 This guide can be used to evaluate a document to determine if its content includes the topics necessary for training area search dog crews or teams. Likewise, this guide can be used to evaluate an existing training program to see if it meets the requirements in this guide.
4.5 The knowledge, skills, and abilities presented in this guide are not in any particular order and do not represent a training sequence.
4.6 Though this guide establishes minimum training requirements, it does not imply that an area search dog team or crew is a “trainee,” “probationary,” or other similarly termed part of an organization.
4.6.1 The AHJ is responsible for determining the requirements and qualifications for its member ratings.
4.7 An area search dog crew or team shall document training by completion of a position task book, compliant with ASTM F3068, or by field demonstration under qualified supervision. Where proficiency in a skill or ability must be demonstrated, unless stated otherwise it shall be demonstrated for initial qualification, and then as often as required by the...
SCOPE
1.1 This guide defines the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for a dog crew or team to perform an area search.
1.2 Area search dog crews or teams perform searches on the surface of the land, including open urban or wilderness areas, as well as mountainous terrain, and alpine environments.
1.2.1 Additional training shall be required for area search dog crews or teams that search in mountainous terrain, alpine environments, or underground.
1.3 This guide does not include the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to search in partially or fully collapsed structures, confined spaces, or on bodies of water, inland or oceanic.
1.4 Area search dog crews or teams trained to meet the requirements of this guide may operate in urban and disaster areas that may be isolated, or have lost their infrastructure.
1.5 Area search dog crews or teams must work under qualified supervision deemed appropriate by the AHJ.
1.6 This guide does not provide a theoretical basis for how an area search dog crew or team functions.
1.7 Search dog crews or teams are eligible to be members of Type I and II SAR crews or teams of the following Kinds, as defined in Classification F1993:
1.7.1 Kind A (Wilderness),
1.7.2 Kind B (Urban),
1.7.3 Kind C (Mountainous),
1.7.4 Kind G (Cave),
1.7.5 Kind H (Mine),
1.7.6 Kind I (Avalanche),
1.7.7 Kind K (Aircraft), and
1.7.8 Kind L (Unclassified).
1.8 Further training may be required before an area search dog crew or team can fully participate on a particular Type and Kind of team or crew, based on specific local need, regulations, or policies.
1.9 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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Standard Guide for
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Evaluating Area Search Dog Crews or Teams
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F3070; 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 1.9 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
1.1 This guide defines the knowledge, skills, and abilities
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
required for a dog crew or team to perform an area search.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
1.2 Area search dog crews or teams perform searches on the
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
surface of the land, including open urban or wilderness areas,
as well as mountainous terrain, and alpine environments.
2. Referenced Documents
1.2.1 Additional training shall be required for area search
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
dog crews or teams that search in mountainous terrain, alpine
F1633 Guide for Techniques in Land Search
environments, or underground.
F1847 GuideforMinimumTrainingofSearchDogCrewsor
1.3 This guide does not include the knowledge, skills, and
Teams
abilities required to search in partially or fully collapsed
F1848 Classification System for Canine Search Resources
structures, confined spaces, or on bodies of water, inland or
F1879 Guide for Demonstrating Obedience and Agility in
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oceanic.
Search and Rescue Dogs (Withdrawn 2014)
F1993 Classification System of Human Search and Rescue
1.4 Area search dog crews or teams trained to meet the
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Resources (Withdrawn 2014)
requirements of this guide may operate in urban and disaster
F2209 Guide for Training of Land Search Team Member
areas that may be isolated, or have lost their infrastructure.
F2685 Guide for Training of a Land Search Team Leader
1.5 Area search dog crews or teams must work under
(STL)
qualified supervision deemed appropriate by the AHJ.
F3068 Guide for Contents and Use of a Position Task Book
1.6 This guide does not provide a theoretical basis for how
(PTB)
an area search dog crew or team functions.
F3072 Guide for Intermediate Wilderness GPS/GNSS Use
(GPS/GNSS-IIW) Endorsement
1.7 Searchdogcrewsorteamsareeligibletobemembersof
Type I and II SAR crews or teams of the following Kinds, as
2.2 Other References:
defined in Classification F1993:
SWGDOG approved guideline SC1 – TERMINOLOGY
1.7.1 Kind A (Wilderness),
(abcdefghijk)
1.7.2 Kind B (Urban),
WorkCapacityTestingforWildlandFirefighters, TheUnited
1.7.3 Kind C (Mountainous),
States Department of Agriculture (March 2002)
1.7.4 Kind G (Cave),
1.7.5 Kind H (Mine),
3. Terminology
1.7.6 Kind I (Avalanche),
3.1 Definitions:
1.7.7 Kind K (Aircraft), and
3.1.1 air scent dog, n—a search dog trained to detect human
1.7.8 Kind L (Unclassified).
scent by air scenting.
1.8 Further training may be required before an area search
3.1.2 air scenting, v—a search dog action whereby a dog
dog crew or team can fully participate on a particular Type and
attempts to detect the presence of human scent in air currents
Kindofteamorcrew, based on specific local need, regulations,
and, if found, follow that airborne scent to its source.
or policies.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search and contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
RescueandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeF32.02onManagementand Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Operations. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2014. Published November 2014. DOI: The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
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3.1.3 area search, v—the act of using a dog to search a demonstrated, unless stated otherwise it shall be demonstrated
designated area for a target odor. for initial qualification, and then as often as required by the
AHJ.
3.1.4 decoy, n—a person in the search area who does not
match the target odor.
5. General Knowledge
3.1.5 scent, v—the act of providing the odor or smell of the
5.1 The handler and the canine members of a search dog
search subject to a scent-discriminating search dog.
crew or team shall meet the requirements of ASTM F1847
3.1.6 search dog team (search dog crew), n—a single dog
StandardGuideforMinimumTrainingofSearchDogCrewsor
and handle
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