Our commitment

The Central Ohio Rescue/Recovery K9 Unit is committed to providing highly trained K9 teams to assist local agencies in search and rescue operations. We are dedicated to serving the community and ensuring the safety of its residents. Our unique training and qualifications can provide specialized K9 resources to support emergency services, enhancing their capabilities in critical situations.

Our services

Dedicated to saving lives

Welcome to the Central Ohio Rescue/Recovery K9 Unit. Our mission is to support and protect our community by providing highly trained search and rescue K9 personnel to assist Fire Departments, Law Enforcement, and EMS agencies. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about our dedicated K9 teams members, our training efforts, and how we work together with first responders to serve our community when it matters most.

We provide specialized support to Fire Departments, Law Enforcement, and EMS agencies across Central Ohio and beyond, wherever help is needed. Our services include search and rescue operations and community education programs. We are committed to supporting first responders and keeping our communities safe during emergencies.

Wilderness Human Remains Detection

 

Human Remains Detection- These K9s are trained to detect human decomposition, which means they can locate body parts, tissue, blood, or bone. K9s can be trained for land searches and/ or water searches.

Wilderness Trailing

Wilderness Trailing is the scent specific pursuit of one individual’s scent, following skin rafts (shed skin cells) wherever they have been dispersed. The K9’s nose will be down close to the ground but may also be up at times, acquiring the scent in the best manner possible. The weather, wind and topology will be the determining factors in how a K9 works a trail. Because of this, Trailing dogs will many times work a trail off the track by several feet. In addition, Trailing K9s can work extremely aged trails.

Wilderness Area Search (Air Scent)

Air Scent K9 works off lead, ranging back and forth in an area to pick up the human scent left by the subject. Ranging often takes the K9 out of sight for several minutes at a time, so the handler must trust their K9 and listen for an alert. Once the K9 detects the subject’s scent, he moves into its source.

Stories of hope and recovery

Explore real-life stories of successful search and rescue missions conducted by the Central Ohio Rescue/Recovery K9 Unit. Our K9 teams have made a significant impact on the lives of individuals and families in our community. (More to come)

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Location

Central Ohio
United States