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Wake Canine Search & Rescue, Inc.

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What is WCSAR?

Wake Canine Search & Rescue is a non-profit all volunteer organization dedicated to provide emergency responders and qualified dog/handler teams to assist in the search for missing persons.

Founded in 1995, the membership comes from all professions and occupations, bound by the dedication of helping to save the lives of others.

Note: We search for missing persons only – see Links for info regarding lost pet recovery

Sign Cutting for clues

Juju and Cathy practicing scent discrimination

Our capabilities

WCSAR provides trained emergency responders who work as highly efficient teams to search an area for clues that may ultimately lead them to the victim.

Wake Canine Search & Rescue also utilizes two types of dogs to meet the diverse needs of an emergency:

1. Tracking/trailing dogs that are trained to follow the scent left by an individual. They can discriminate between different individuals and can work in both rural and urban areas.

2. Air scent dogs that are trained to scan air currents in a given area for human scent. The dog follows the scent to the person and then leads the handler back to the victim.

Wake Canine Search & Rescue personnel spend countless hours training to ensure that high standards of proficiency are achieved. All personnel are also trained in land navigation, radio communications, survival, and basic emergency care.

Ruby coming in to alert on Todd

Jake and Barb at Vet School

How to contact us:

Official agencies may contact us 24 hours a day through the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management hotline at 800-858-0368.

NC Emergency Management will then contact either of the teams search commanders listed below:

· Todd Brown at 919-306-4879

· Paul Jarmul at 919-244-1993

If you are interested in details about joining WCSAR or you have other questions you may contact one of the search commanders listed above or our webmaster.

We are covered under Workman’s Compensation and General Liability insurance.

2007 Officers

Cathy Louis, President

Bob Chew, Vice-President

Gail Druley, Secretary

Barb Warner, Treasurer

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WCSAR
P.O. Box 26116
RAleigh, North Carolina 27611-6116
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Last modified: Wed, Jan3, 2007

- added Dec meeting minutes; officer upd