Air ScentingABOUT US:
Based in Licking County, Ohio, O.R.D.A. (Ohio Rescue Dog Association) was founded in 2000. Set up as a non-profit with the State of Ohio # 1137640, and a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization, O.R.D.A. responds to calls of lost and missing persons from local, state, and federal agencies in Ohio and surrounding states as well as mutual aid calls from other search and rescue teams. O.R.D.A. K-9 is on call twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year, regardless of weather conditions or circumstances..
There is NEVER a fee for our services.
Each dog lives with, is owned, and is trained by the individual handler. It takes approximately 600 hours of training before the dogs become "operational". Our field training imitates real life situations such as wilderness, water, child, elderly, hikers, hunters, etc.
Some of our dogs are trained as "air scenters" to find any human scent in an area. Some of the dogs are trained to be "trailers". These trailing dogs are used to establish a direction of travel when a last known point is available. Dogs can be an effective resource when trained and used appropriately.
1 trained search dog replaces 24 human searchers. The reason for this is the dogs olfactory sensory cells. A human has approximately 5 million of these sensory cells. A dog can have up to 220 million of the olfactory sensory cells. We simply fine tune the dog's ability to use it's nose.
O.R.D.A. member's hold memberships with National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) and North American Search Dog Network (NASDN).
It takes approximately 1000 hours of training for the handlers, navigators, and base camp operators. Some of the skills needed to be a SAR professional include mapping, compass, survival, medical, etc. All of the active members are First Aid/CPR and AED Certified.
Each team member and K9 is trained in one or more of the following areas:
Air Scenting
Cadaver/HRD
(Water & Land)
Trailing/Tracking
Topographical map reading
Compass Orienteering
GPS-Global
Positioning System
First Aid/CPR
K9 First Aid
P.A.D.I Open Water Rescue
Diving
Swift Water Rescue
Search
Patterns & Techniques
Lost
Person Behavior
Crime Scene Preservation
Radio
Operations and Communications
Members of O.R.D.A. have completed the requirements for certification set forth by (NASAR) National Association of Search and Rescue in (ISAR) Introduction to Search and Rescue (SAR Tech III) Search and Rescue Technician Level III, SAR 200 Course Indiana Department of Homeland Security and First Aid/CPR and AED through the American Red Cross.
MISSION STATEMENT:
O.R.D.A. K-9 is a volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to serving mankind.
It's mission is to serve surrounding communities & States in missing person's situation by providing search & rescue canine teams in cooperation with Local, and State Law Enforcement & Emergency Services. There is no fee to the Agency and or citizen. We pride ourselves in professionalism. Our dedication to the search and our sensitivity to the family and friends of the victim.
This we do....."so that others may live"