Providing FREE 24-hour response to law enforcement throughout NH and VT since 1981

How to Join

Applying to become a member of NEK9 SAR

Training, certifying and then searching with your dog represents a significant commitment in time and energy.  This commitment will include all of us---the trainee and the entire unit. Because we are a small, select, skilled and dedicated group of men, women and dogs, the size of our team places tremendous responsibility on each individual for the success of the whole.  Therefore, applicants are accepted with great care.

[Note: You do not have to have a dog at the time of your application to qualify for trainee status with NEK9 SAR.  In fact if you are considering getting a puppy for this work it is better to let us help you select a puppy should you qualify for trainee status.]

To be eligible for trainee status in New England K-9 SAR you must be a primary, legal resident of New Hampshire or Vermont or reside year-round in a town in Maine, Massachusetts, or New York that has part of its town limits within ten miles of the NH or VT border

Anyone considering joining New England K-9 Search & Rescue please read all these materials carefully and follow these steps:

  1. Read everything on the web site. 
  2. Read each of these documents.
    1. Time Investment doing K-9 SAR
    2. Startup Equipment Costs
    3. Search Pack (Minimum required)
  3. Purchase and read these books.
    1. SAR K-9 Book List

After reading all these materials and books, if you still feel this is a commitment you can afford and you have the flexibility to invest the time then your next step is to complete this application form. You may send this digitally to info@nek9sar.org or print this out and mail to: P.O. BOX 165, Canterbury, NH, 03224.

Once we receive your application you are eligible to attend our next scheduled applicant screening day: TBA - Fox State Forest, 309 Center Rd, Hillsborough, NH. 

We will only consider applications received at least 7 days prior to the scheduled applicant screening day.

For complete details on what is involved in the new member applicant screening day, click here.

We also have important work for individuals willing to become part of our base radio operations team.  Click here to read the full description of the vital role our communications team plays at both searches and training. If you think you have the time, interest and some of the skills needed to help, email info@nek9sar.org  for more details.

 

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