Search and Rescue Canines South Australia Inc.

Search and Rescue Canines South Australia Inc. Search and Rescue Canines-SA Inc. is an NGO that provides well trained disaster and wilderness search canines.
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Our Duty of Care

At all times uphold our duty of care to

The lost, and victims of disaster: Through the development and deployment of operational canine search teams that meet the highest possible standards of training and certification. To our user agencies: Through the provision of a capability that at all times strives to uphold the principles of best practice and compliance with defined user

agency policies and procedures. To our membership: Through the provision of appropriate training and to the best of our abilities ensure the provision of a safe working environment. To our canines: Through the use of appropriate animal husbandry practices and best practice training methods, and a commitment to never deploy canine teams into an environment that they are not adequately trained or experienced enough to handle.

26/04/2026

Heroes on four legs, guided by hands that never give up 🐾

Today we celebrate the incredible search and rescue dogs and their dedicated handlers. These teams are built on trust, training, and unwavering commitment to support their community and find missing people ♥️

11/04/2026

Today our teams focused on navigating tunnel systems and dark spaces to locate the victim.

Well done to our teams 🤩!

31/03/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨
Today, we’re proud to introduce the newest addition to our team… Search and Rescue Cat Cupid.

Cats have impressive capabilities in the field:
🐱 A sense of smell estimated to be up to 14x stronger than humans
🐱 Exceptional balance and agility, able to navigate unstable rubble and tight spaces with ease
🐱 The ability to access areas too small or dangerous for human crews

Keep an eye out for these furry responders on your next deployment 👀

Our canines are wishing you a happy Valentine’s Day 🥰!
13/02/2026

Our canines are wishing you a happy Valentine’s Day 🥰!

11/01/2026

There are no shortage of hazards in a USAR environment. Due to this, our handlers ensure they wear appropriate PPE.

Similarly, our canines must be accustomed to wearing PPE during their searches to remain safe 🤩.

03/01/2026

Team Riot has successfully graduated from runaways to pop-outs 🤩!

During a pop-out, the canine does not see the victim run away from them. Instead, the victim pops out of the hiding spot briefly and the canine then has to work out where the victim is and provide an alert. Well done team Riot 👏 👏.

14/12/2025

This weekend our advanced teams worked on searches that involved overlapping scent from multiple victims.

This type of search contains more complexity for the canine as they have to determine what scent to pursue first even though they may have detected more than one victim. This type of scenario emulates what is often experienced on deployment. Well done Team Togo and Team Finn 🤩

15/11/2025

Today’s training session was all about environmental exposure for the green dogs and complex search work for the more senior teams!

Brilliant work teams 🤩

11/10/2025

Team Togo demonstrating a beautiful alert after locating two inaccessible missing persons in the rubble pile 😍!

04/10/2025

Team Togo and Team Finn had a blast today 💥!

Both teams conducted a series of searches where the victim was inaccessible. Without being able to get close to the victim, the canines had to settle on the spot with the highest concentration of human scent.

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480 Grand Junction Road
Adelaide, SA
5085

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+61493877287

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