Tired Search Dog
Description
There is nothing that can replace the precision of a dog's nose -- and absolutely nothing that can replace the steadfast nature of a dog's heart.
Bob Sessions, FEMA rescue worker
The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations. These include mountain rescue; ground search and rescue, including the use of search and rescue dogs; urban search and rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water...
Urban search-and-rescue (US&R) involves the location, rescue (extrication), and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in confined spaces. Structural collapse is most often the cause of victims being trapped, but victims may also be trapped in transportation accidents, mines and collapsed trenches. Urban search-and-rescue is considered a "multi-hazard" discipline, as it may be needed for a variety of emergencies or disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, storms and tornadoes, floods, dam failures, technological accidents, terrorist activities, and hazardous materials releases. The events may be slow in developing, as in the case of hurricanes, or sudden, as in the case of earthquakes.
Bob Sessions, FEMA rescue worker
The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations. These include mountain rescue; ground search and rescue, including the use of search and rescue dogs; urban search and rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water...
Urban search-and-rescue (US&R) involves the location, rescue (extrication), and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in confined spaces. Structural collapse is most often the cause of victims being trapped, but victims may also be trapped in transportation accidents, mines and collapsed trenches. Urban search-and-rescue is considered a "multi-hazard" discipline, as it may be needed for a variety of emergencies or disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, storms and tornadoes, floods, dam failures, technological accidents, terrorist activities, and hazardous materials releases. The events may be slow in developing, as in the case of hurricanes, or sudden, as in the case of earthquakes.
Creator
Preston Cress.
Date
Sep. 15 2001
Source
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/September_15_2001.jpg
Rights
Source: Urban Search & Rescue. (2012, October 28). Federal Emergency Management Agency. Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.fema.gov/urban-search-rescue
Publisher
Navy News
Contributor
Preston Cress.
Format
Medium: Photograph.
Language
English
Type
Photo
Identifier
Animals, Dogs, FEMA, Search and Rescue, Security
Coverage
New York City
Files
Reference
Preston Cress., Tired Search Dog, Navy News, Sep. 15 2001
Cite As
Preston Cress., “Tired Search Dog,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed March 16, 2025, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/149.