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Veteran Search and Rescue Dog Andy Retires as Nation’s Biggest Canine Training Center Opens

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The opening ceremony of the nation’s most extensive canine training center will be held in concert with the retirement announcement of one of the fire department’s canine search and rescue veterans. Nine-year-old Andy first joined the force in 2012. Since then, he has racked up an impressive record of [...]

Number of Search and Rescue Dogs to Triple by 2021

SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Fire Agency (NFA) revealed on November 6 that it is deliberating on increasing the population of its search and rescue dog troop from the current 26 to 75 by 2021. Search and rescue (SAR) dogs are valuable in outdoor emergency settings like natural disasters for their innate [...]