Greetings from Lt.Col Mohamed A. J. Al-Ansari, UN-INSARG Chairman Africa, Europe, Middle East
29. April 2012: Internationaler Tag des Rettungshundes
Grussbotschaft von UN-INSARAG World Chairman Toni Frisch und GD Attila Tartár
SHS Freiburg Deutschland
Ukraine
Thailand
Welcome to the Search & Rescue Dog Day!
Photos of events 2009
JUH OV Moormerland
In the year 2007 I entered the field of search and rescue in which I discovered a world of teamwork, whose real heroes are anonymous soldiers who have dedicated their whole lives to save and help people all around the globe.
It is certain that among those heroes there are some of my friends from the IRO, who have devoted a lot of time and exerted high efforts in this field by using friendly dogs.
After a successful start of the “Day of Search & Rescue Dogs” in Austria in 2008 and great events in 2009, 2010 and 2011 the next
“Day of Search & Rescue Dogs” will take place on 29th of April 2012
as a worldwide event and from then on every last Sunday in April.
Purpose of the “International Day of Search & Rescue Dogs”:
The work of rescue-dogs and their voluntary working dog handlers should be presented to the public as well as to politicians and should therefore be honoured accordingly.
Procedure:
1. Each participating search & rescue dog team starts at 10 a.m. sharp with a public activity: This might be an “open day”, presentations of area-, scent- , rubble- avalanche- or water search. Mission readiness exercises, symposia and workshops are also welcome.
2. A big, central rescue dog presentation has to take place in the capital (or in any metropolis) of each country. Politicians (from municipal councils to head of governments), media representatives and off course the public should be invited.
3. Depending on the time zone, rescue dog presentations will start every hour around the world (always starting at 10:00 a.m.)
4. At 3 p.m. GTM all participating dog teams have to be ready for a symbolic deployment – no matter how late it is in the respective time zone. At the same time all over the world the greetings of the UNO secretary general (respectively of the highest ranking politician) will be read out.
5. With these two events (10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. GMT worldwide) we will show, that the voluntary working dog teams are ready to save lives in all weathers, at any hour of the night or the day around the world.
These events around the world will be documented on a special website that will be permanently updated with photos, videos and texts. Furthermore some teams will be online via webcams. This website of course will be specially promoted worldwide. The dates of all participating rescue dog teams and links to the organisations will be listed on this website as well as texts, greeting words and photos in the press corner.
We hope that all (!) rescue-dog organisations can be motivated to present their work to the public on this special day.
We are happy to announce, that the „International Rescue-Dog Organisation – IRO“ has overtaken the coordinating work for this second worldwide „Day of Search & Rescue-Dogs“.
The “International Day of Search & Rescue Dogs” on 29th of April 2012 will be held worldwide for the second time. After the most successful rehearsal 2008 in Austria and great events 2009, 2010 and 2011, we expect a worldwide sustained interest in the work of our dogs. In the last couple of years, the rescue dog work has made a substantial progress, especially in countries which are heavily affected by natural disasters. Nearly everywhere in the world, rescue dog handlers with their dogs are doing their exhausting work, long education and deployment, voluntarily.
So it is justifiable to bring these activities closest possible to the public through this event. The big variety of races of dogs in the rescue dog work is not comparable to any other kind of dog work, and this will be highlighted at this worldwide event. Independently of any organisational membership, we want to show the entire world on the “International Day of Search & Rescue Dogs” the special skills of our well trained dogs. I wish all of you participating at these activities, a successful day and active attention of the public.
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