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Hampshire rescue dog is part of new task force
7:22am Tuesday 12th February 2008
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HAMPSHIRE Fire and Rescue's top dog is about to leap into action as part of a Government-backed new elite canine squad.
Byron, a 37-month-old border collie, is trained to sniff out people trapped in collapsed buildings.
He will be part of the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) task force and will follow in the heroic and highly-professional paw-prints of the dogs that went to the Pakistan earthquake, the USA's 9/11 and the Boscastle Floods, in Cornwall.
Fire Minister Parmjit Dhanda was today announcing the Government's funding of USAR.
Details of Hampshire's role in the crack canine squad are being announced today at a press conference at the brigade's Eastleigh HQ.
Byron and his trainer, station manager Robin Furniss, are part of the elite group of dog teams qualified to work in the UK and abroad.
For Byron it has meant 18 months of hard work and training, but he is now Hampshire's top search and rescue dog. Byron is the first of Hampshire's three USAR dogs to undergo the grading.
He has also been trained to pick up the scent of injured people who may have wandered off from the scene of accidents.
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