BYLAWS SECTION 300: Mission-Ready Standards

There are numerous skills that are necessary for the search dog and handler team to have in order to perform competently in a given search discipline. ASARD search disciplines include wilderness, avalanche, cadaver, urban disaster, and tracking/trailing. A foundation skills checklist and the mission-ready evaluation series are used to determine if these skills are in place for a given team.

The following is a guide to help ASARD teams reach "mission-ready" or "operational" status within ASARD. It outlines how teams will be evaluated for mission readiness and the criteria used in assessing a team's qualifications and skills. It is intended to help evaluators in conducting fair, valid and reliable evaluation series and to help teams as they prepare for mission readiness.

SECTION 300 Mission-Ready Standards:

Adopted: April 28, 1987
Additions Adopted: August 23, 2000
Revision Adopted; November 27, 2006

• Standards - Complete Document (Sections 300-309)
  (PDF document - 1.12MB)


• Sections 300-305 GENERAL GUIDELINES
  (PDF document - 981 KB)


• Section 306 RE-EVALUATION CHECKLIST
  (PDF document - 54 KB)


• Section 307 WILDERNESS STANDARDS
  (PDF document - 63 KB)


• Section 308 AVALANCHE STANDARDS
  (PDF document - 104 KB)


• Section 309 CADAVER STANDARDS
  (PDF document - 64 KB)


• Section 310 URBAN DISASTER STANDARDS
  (Under Development)


• Section 311 TRACKING/TRAILING STANDARDS
  (Under Development)