Foreign Trekker gone missing? ·Hiring a Search & Rescue Teams of SARDOGS NEPAL;· how does this work?SARDOGS NEPAL has a standby logistic experts team of senior SAR- workers who know all trekking paths
and the common mountain passes of Nepal very well.
They have performed many search and rescue missions since almost two decades.
Our SAR Dogs are certified to be· wilderness search & rescue mission ready by an authorized examiner from Germany.
Once they are on a particular persons trail, they will follow it until the location of that person has been found.
The earlier the dogs are called to a location from where the missing person was seen last or had previously announced which trail he/she was planning to do , the better is our dogs performance and ability to book result.
The most ideal search tool however would be a scent article that belongs to the missing person. From past search parties we know that many of the missing trekkers leave some utensils, clothes or valuables behind in the safety locker of their hotel, where they were staying before their trek.
If such a scent article is available to our SAR Dog teams this will increase the chance to be found for the missing person to almost 100 % if the search will be conducted within the first month of missing. After that a scent article becomes of lesser value and other techniques are used to let the dogs search for any people that may be around in the target area.
Very often there is an other article found along the trail that may be a discarted item of the missing person, such as a paper handkerciv or a piece of wrapping paper for trekking rations, trekking food bar, used toilet paper, a particular brand of habitual known chewing gum or sweet etc.
If there is a scent article available at a hotel it should be retrieved by a relative or consulate official in a way that it does not get touched with bare hands. It has to be picket up with rubber gloves or a neutral tool and placed into an air tight container or plastic bag that can be sealed.
Ideal items are precious ornaments like earrings or bracelets, that the person would not like to wear to avoid losing it, a piece of clothe, a driving license or other document, air ticket, a leather purse, a souvenir...anything small.
SARDOGS NEPAL (P) NFPHeadquarters:· Karapu, Ward No.9 Lamjung District, PO Bhorletar. NEPAL
Head Office:· Chauthe, Ward No.14, Pokhara. NEPAL
Mobile: 00 977 9846025679··· Mr. Jit Magar, E-mail: via website contact only http://www.sardogsnepal.asia
TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYING OUR SEARCH & RESCUE DOG (SAR) Teams
After receiving a call for help and a brief description of the case,
our Secretary or Squad Leader will arrive at the Consular Section of the Embassy involved.
Any Search Contract must first be drafted and then signed by the Client,
detailing his or her personal financial responsibility for all of the following:
·· Hire of the Rescue Team(s)
Airlift and Shuttle Helicopter flight(s) from our base location to the target area
Airlift and Shuttle Helicopter flight(s) back to our base location from the target area
once the search action is declared over
The Client guarantees to pay for the loss of life of any of our Search and Rescue Dogs during the action
- A sum of US$2,400 per dog, payable to SARDOGS NEPAL (P) NFP
The Contract will commence when the first Batch has entered the helicopter at our base and will terminate
when the last Batch has arrived back at our base.
If the missing party is lost for a period of 8 weeks or more, the Client has the option to finance alternative
means of transport, either by road or on foot.
When a person or party is reported missing SARDOGS NEPAL will dispatch a team of 2 Dog Handlers,
1 Squad Leader, 4 Porters and an Outdoor Paramedic. The Client may, at any time, add one or more teams
of the same size to the Search Party, provided payment for each team is guaranteed by signature.
The Client may choose to monitor the on-going Search Action or may send for another person of his/her own
choice at his/her own expense. The Client reserves the right to announce cancellation of the Search Contract
at any time, provided that all outstanding fees are paid to-date and in full, including fees for transportation
of the Rescue Team(s) back to their base.
The Consular Officer in Charge of the Embassy that certifies the Clients nationality must sign
and seal the Contract for Witness.
The tariff for a Rescue Team as described above covers their own basic food supplies.
The rate for hiring such a Rescue Team is set at US$ 550 per day. In order that sufficient food stock
may be carried and any necessary updates made to our existing rescue equipment, a non-refundable
advance payment equivalent to 5 full-days hire is required.
An alternative method of initiating a missing persons search would be to begin by allowing SARDOGS Nepal’s
experienced investigators to perform discrete data and intelligence collection on your behalf.
This method can provide essential input into deciding whether the deployment of any Rescue-Dog team is
absolutely necessary.
This service includes, amongst other things, conducting relevant surveys
(i.e. media and other information searches) and allows our investigators to enter a target area on foot
in order to gather relevant facts.
The tariff for such a 'pre-Rescue-Dog-Squad' investigation -
comprising a team of (two) investigators - is US$ 65 per day,
payable in advance for a minimum of 5-days work·
(price is exclusive of travel-related expenses by either land or air).
Such an enquiry team can be hired without involving any Consulate or Embassy.
However, it is strongly recommended
that the appropriate foreign mission is approached before such an investigation is undertaken.
Jit Bahadur Masrangi Magar
Executive Director
