Missouri K-9 Search and Rescue, Inc. is a volunteer, not-for-profit corporation, duly organized under the laws of Missouri and provides its services at no cost to the public. Our only source of funding comes from donations and fundraisers. Some of our members have been working with search and rescue for as long as 10 years.

All members of our unit, both handlers and dogs must undergo extensive training. The handlers are trained in visual tracking, compass, topographical map reading and are CPR trained. The dogs are obedience trained, and are trained to track based on either human scent discrimination or air scenting. They are also worked on various agility exercises to enable them to work in any terrain and overcome any obstacle encountered during a search. In addition, various members of our unit have a medical and or extensive military background and our training director for the dogs is a certified master trainer for canines., having worked with law enforcement departments in Missouri in the training of their K-9 units.

We offer our search and rescue service to any community, but only upon an official request. Once officially activated we would report to the location specified by the law enforcement or public safety agency in charge of the incident command system. Our unit would work under the direction of , and together with, the agency in charge of the search in an wholly cooperative effort to locate the missing person.

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