print email comment close Canine's Role in Urban Search and Rescue URL: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/usr/canine.shtm Description: A small site on the role of dogs in search-and-rescue operations to locate humans trapped in collapsed structures. Includes basic facts about search-and-rescue dogs, and detailed information about canine and handler certification and the canine readiness evaluation process used by local, state, and federal organizations. From the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Publisher: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Search and rescue operations Working dogs LII Database Information: Record 20509 created by Jennifer English on 01/30/2006 Last modification on 04/20/2006 Published: 02/02/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20509