A well-known Scottish mountaineer was invited to watch the Swedish team in action, and from these beginnings the British search dog has evolved to become what it is today. Albeit some minor differences in the training e.g. to perform a specific task, but the basis remains the same. Our dogs are trained to specialise in searching collapsed buildings caused by earthquakes, landslides, or other natural disasters, which involve persons being trapped by debris. The dogs can search a very large area in just a few minutes, and narrow the search area down to just a few feet. Its then that the rescue teams move in to do there part in extricating the trapped person, saving hours of labour and resources in needless searching.
All experienced rescuers know the importance of the search dog.
Earthquakes tend not to give warnings when they strike, but some of the larger ones leave a catastrophic loss of life when they do. This year alone on January 13 th off the coast of Central America, an earthquake of a 7.7 magnitude, killed at least 852 people, left 4,723 injured, and thousands of homes destroyed. This is just an example of some of the larger earthquakes, which occurred this year. Earthquakes are happening the entire time world wide, ranging from very minor to great. The list below gives you an idea of the activities of earthquakes, each year and their strength's.