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Search and Rescue
American Mantrailing, Police & Work Dog Association offers numerous training options and certification opportunities for Search and Rescue. These include: Mantrailing, Mantracking, Human Remains Detection (HRD), Area Search and Disaster Search. For Mantrailing and Mantracking, select them from the menu above.
HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION (HRD)
Our HRD/Cadaver K9 Training and Certifications (see our STANDARDS) for both Land & Water are offered at both our Spring and Fall Seminars. Master Trainer Tracy Sargent takes the lead in this area. Her expertise with HRD is unsurpassed, see her bio. Topics covered include: Imprinting HR scent with your dog, How to develop a dependable and consistent alert; How to read your dog when detecting HR scent; Safely Handling HR material, Negatives, Crime scene preservation; Equipment, Physical conditioning, Obedience, and MORE. For information regarding our upcoming Fall Seminar (9/11 to 9/16), click here. Continued HRD training and practice will be available at some Free Training Sessions, contact us for more information and/or see our EVENTS page for free training schedule.
AREA SEARCH
At this time Area Search Training and Certifications (see our STANDARDS) are available by appointment only, contact us for more information. Continued Area Search training and practice will be available at some Free Training Sessions, contact us for more information and/or see our EVENTS page for free training schedule.
DISASTER SEARCH
At this time Area Search Training and Certifications (see our STANDARDS) are available by appointment only, contact us for more information. Continued Area Search training and practice will be available at some Free Training Sessions, contact us for more information and/or see our EVENTS page for free training schedule.
CERTIFICATIONS
AMPWDA is a leading provider of Certifications for Search and Rescue Teams. Contact us to schedule a Certification attempt. You must be a member to obtain and maintain certification, click here for Membership Information. Click here to review our STANDARDS. After certifying, you will be eligible for inclusion in our Referral Database.
