K9 SAR Volunteer Training and Certification

Great Basin K9 Search & Rescue (GBK9SAR) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer organization with operational members in Summit, Utah, Weber, Morgan, and Salt Lake Counties. Our mission is to train K9 SAR teams and certify them to the highest standards in order to provide K9 SAR services—at no charge—to public safety organizations throughout the Intermountain West.

Deployments

  • An overdue hiker or hunter in a wilderness area

  • A critical missing child or Alzheimer’s patient who has wandered away

  • A drowning victim in a lake or river

  • A victim buried in an avalanche

  • An area with disarticulated or buried human remains

  • A missing person where suicide or homicide is suspected

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Our Certifications

Great Basin K-9 Search and Rescue certifies our teams to testing requirements which meet national Search and Rescue K9 industry standards. We are also a proud member of Tri-State-K9, an association of search dog teams from across the Intermountain West which has established a rigorous set of standards which meet the specific needs of our vast wilderness and extreme mountainous search areas.