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SEARCH DOG [8 records]

Record 1 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

A water search dog is trained to detect [a] human scent that is in or under the water, focusing on the scent of the bodily gases that rise up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

For work in the field, the main responsibility of the cadaver dog handler is to work under the direction of the requesting agency. However, the handler must evaluate the circumstances surrounding a case and gather the necessary information while combining it with their specific training to define the search area and formulate an initial action/search plan to ensure that the correct strategies are used to give the cadaver dog the best opportunity to locate the odor of human remains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Protection of Life
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
OBS

The Canadian Search Dog Association is a provincial, non-profit group of dedicated individuals who volunteer their time, energy, and resources...

OBS

In 1999, [the name RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Program] was changed to the RCMP Civilian Search Dog Association and finally in 2006, [it] became the Canadian Search Dog Association.

Key term(s)
  • RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Civilian Service Dog Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
Key term(s)
  • RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Civilian Service Dog Programme

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2018-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

OBS

Edmonton, Alberta.

OBS

1995 : creation of the RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Program; 1999 : name changed to RCMP Civilian Search Dog Association; 2006 : name changed to Canadian Search Dog Association.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Search Dogs Association
  • RCMP Civilian Search Dogs Association
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search Dog Association
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search Dogs Association
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police CSDA
  • RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dogs Program
  • RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Programme
  • RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dogs Programme
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Program
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dogs Program
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Programme
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dogs Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

RCMP : Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Gendarmerie royale du Canada).

OBS

Edmonton (Alberta).

OBS

1995 : création du RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Program; 1999 : appellation remplacée par «RCMP Civilian Search Dog Association»; 2006 : appellation remplacée par «Canadian Search Dog Association».

OBS

Association canadienne des chiens de recherche : proposition fournie à titre d'information.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Search Dogs Association
  • RCMP Civilian Search Dogs Association
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search Dog Association
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search Dogs Association
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police CSDA
  • RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dogs Program
  • RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Programme
  • RCMP Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dogs Programme
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Program
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dogs Program
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dog Programme
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Civilian Search and Rescue Service Dogs Programme

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
DEF

A team that is composed of a search dog, a dog handler and auxiliary personnel and that is used to search for, rescue and recover victims, whether alive or deceased.

OBS

canine search and rescue team; canine search team; K-9 rescue team: terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
DEF

Équipe formée d'un chien de recherche, d'un maître-chien et de personnel auxiliaire, qui effectue la recherche, le sauvetage et la récupération de victimes vivantes ou décédées.

OBS

équipe canine de recherche et sauvetage; équipe de recherche canine : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
DEF

A line of rescuers, formed along a contour and facing uphill, organized to probe the snow with poles to locate an avalanche victim.

CONT

A probe line is a coordinated and systematic three-dimensional group search for a victim of an avalanche. The patterns differ for coarse probing, fine probing, and vehicle probing. Working a probe line is slow and tedious : It is close to the last resort when a visual search of the surface, a transceiver search, spot probing, and dog searches have been unsuccessful.

CONT

Spot-probe ... any small, likely deposits. Repeat, until you are confident the buried person is not in these areas. If spot-probing is unsuccessful, set up a line of probers, again considering the last seen point and estimated trajectory.

Key term(s)
  • probeline
  • avalanche probeline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
CONT

La vague de sondage doit être limitée en nombre afin de permettre un contrôle réellement efficace par le chef de vague (15 à 20 sondeurs). [...] Les personnes sont alignées «épaule contre épaule», ce qui garantit la cohésion de la vague de sondage et son maintien de façon simple et durable. [...] Les sondes sont tenues verticalement et alignées entre les pieds de chaque sondeur. [Au] commandement «Sondez», la sonde est enfoncée verticalement de deux mètres. [Au] commandement «En avant», les sondeurs avancent et se mettent en position de sondage, les pieds de part et d'autre de la sonde comme précédemment, jusqu'au commandement suivant : «Sondez». Cette méthode garantit un déplacement effectif de 50 cm, et constitue de fait une grille de 50 cm par 50 cm.

PHR

Former une chaîne de sondage.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Dog trained to detect human scent that is in or under snow, subsequent to an avalanche.

CONT

The trained search dog works a snowfield rapidly, searching for "pools" of human scent rising up through the snow pack. When the dog finds a potential scent source he will bury his head into the snow trying to locate the source. If the human smell intensifies, he begins to dig trying to get closer to the source. If the scent becomes weaker, a trained dog will start to work outwards from the area to attempt to either pinpoint an area of stronger buried source or rule the scent out as surface odor left by human searchers.... A well-trained avalanche rescue dog... is equivalent to approximately 20-foot searchers and can search the same area in an eighth of the time.

CONT

The body was located by an avalanche rescue dog. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

These dogs are trained to detect the scent under many feet of snow, sometimes, 15 feet or more!

OBS

avalanche rescue dog: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Les chiens sont indispensables dans la recherche en montagne car ils sont beaucoup plus rapides que l'homme. L'odorat du chien lui permet de retrouver les rescapés sous la neige, tant que la victime est vivante car la chaleur du corps humain facilite la diffusion des odeurs. Pour être un bon chien d'avalanche, le chien doit être très résistant physiquement et être de taille moyenne. Un chien trop grand, trop lourd, comme le saint-bernard, s'enfoncera rapidement dans la neige. Il doit aussi avoir un caractère équilibré et social. Les bergers allemands, boxers, golden retrievers et labradors sont les chiens les plus aptes pour cette recherche en montagne.

CONT

Le corps a été retrouvé par le chien d'avalanche. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

chien d'avalanche : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

What is "cone of scent"? Odour particles always travel in the shape of a cone. A cone of scent is always concentrated and narrow at the source, and becomes wider and more diluted the further it travels. When a detector dog detects a substance that it has been trained to interdict, it uses the cone of scent to pinpoint the source of the odour. It starts by moving from one side to the other and back again in order to define the search area. Then, by moving up and down the cone, the dog can determine in which direction the odour becomes stronger. The dog can then follow the ever-narrowing cone of scent to its source.

Key term(s)
  • scent cone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

Qu'est-ce que le «cône de détection olfactive»? Les particules d'odeur se déplacent toujours sous forme de cône. Un cône de détection olfactive est toujours concentré et étroit à la source et il devient plus vaste et plus dilué lorsqu'il se déplace. Lorsqu'un chien détecte une substance qu'il a été dressé à repérer, il utilise le cône de détection olfactive pour trouver la source de l'odeur. Il commence à se déplacer d'un côté à l'autre et il revient afin de définir le secteur de recherche. Ensuite, en se déplaçant de haut en bas du cône, le chien est en mesure de déterminer dans quelle direction l'odeur devient plus prononcée. Il peut alors suivre le cône d'odeur jusqu'à sa source.

Spanish

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