International K9 Search and Rescue Services
Office of Emergency Management
P O Box# 1472 Longview, Washington 98632 USA.
Office; 360-414-8093 Mobile: 503-705-0258
Email: sardogk91@aol.com www.k9sardog.com
Harry Oakes SAR Stats May 1986 – Nov. 27.2013.
Harry Oakes started in SAR, May 1972 - 1974 with Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office with MCSO LE Post# 900 / 631. Portland, Ore.
1974-1977 US Army Military Police assisted in MAST Medicvac’s. Military SAR Ops. And Mountain Rescue overseas. 7th Division MP Co. and 165th MP Company.
1978-1979. Worked as a SAR Coordinator with Morrow County Sheriff’s Office in Heppner, Oregon.
1980-1986 Volunteer back country Ski patrol. Mt Hood, Ore. Mt St Helens, Wa.
1986 Active member / instructor with Portland Mountain Rescue and co-founded the search dog program Oregon D.O.G.S. for the state of Oregon in 1986.
1986 - 1997 Harry co-founded the Nonprofit K9 SAR team of Oregon D.O.G.S. (Dogs Organized for Ground Search and Rescue) and in 1987 founded the NONPROFIT Mountain Wilderness Search Dogs.
1997 to Current. Harry founded the For profit professional International K9 Search and Rescue Services. www.k9sardog.com
Here's the breakdown of Harry’s SAR Calls. All documented, and all accepted in the courts of law. Reviewed and verified by the Oregon Department of Justice as well as independent auditors.
Since 1986, I've received over 10,001 SAR call requests around the world. This is for missing persons, lost pets, evidence, suspect id.
(Does not include SAR Dog Training Requests).
1,941 requests have been for missing persons cases.
8,060 cases have been for Evidence, and Missing pet cases.
I've performed 364 Consulting cases re: the missing person calls.
I've documented through State, City, Federal Law Enforcement agencies as well as various US Government agencies.
Documented 190 Direct live Finds of missing persons. This means I’ve located 190 persons alive during my active searches.
148 Assisted Live Finds. I've assisted the LE, Govt., and private families through consulting and our search efforts. What this means is that various LE Agencies, private families, and government agencies have turned to my SAR expertise, SAR coordination skills, and ability to read air currents, search dogs alerts, scent and scent evidence and I was able to directed search teams to a particular areas based on my 41 years of SAR Expertise, which helped them find the missing person(s) alive in the areas I directed them to.
Totals; 338 live finds Directly and Assisted indirectly.
353 DIRECT DEAD Finds of Missing persons.
91 Assisted Dead Finds. I've assisted the LE and Govt. and private families in finding victims indirectly with my search dogs leading LE and private family members to specific locations. What this means is that various LE Agencies, private families, and government agencies have turned to my SAR expertise, SAR coordination skills, and ability to read air currents, search dogs alerts, scent and scent evidence and I was able to directed search teams to a particular area which helped them find the missing person dead.
Total victims located dead 444.
Total Finds and Assist Finds Humans 797.
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Again I’ll repeat myself. All these cases are documented. Case # assigned. Date, times, locations, names, places, agencies and have been reviewed by the Dept of justice, local law enforcement and other agencies and has been authenticated.
All FINDS live and Dead were witnessed by other law enforcement, SAR members, family members of the victims.
Finding just one person alive or dead gives a search dog handler credibility.
Harry Oakes has a documented 99% accuracy level at finding the victim or determining what really happened to them and where.
Direct and Indirect finds of lost, stolen, missing pets live and dead. 3,165.
Respectfully Mr. Harry Oakes International K9 Search and Rescue Services www.k9sardog.com
May-86 To 11-17-2013
Cats search calls 4,371
Dogs search calls 3,632
(Note) Not all calls end up in an active search. Many of the missing pets are found through Harry consulting with the pet owner(s) and directing their own private search activities.
Other animal calls.
Lizards calls 19
Hedge Hogs calls 3
Pet Rats calls 3
Otter call 1
Hamsters call 2
Mini Cows call 2
Turtles calls 52
Possum calls 1
Goats call 2
Horses 21
Pet snakes 4
Raccoons 1
Skunk 2
Elephant 1 (grief therapy Oregon Zoo)
Lion 2
Rabbits 6
Pet Birds 18
Llamas 2
Ferrets 29
Suspect ID 46
SAR Calls for Pets 8,220.
Direct and indirect Finds Pets dead 1,238
Pets found alive 1,927.
Total Finds Pets 3,165.
Total: Search Hours PETS 157,556.
SAR Miles Ground Traveled 551,748.
SAR Miles Air 675,765
Total Miles Air and Ground traveled for Searches 1,227,513.
Disaster responses just for pets 43 (Does not include the 16 major responses we’ve done for people.
GT 267 Administered First Aid to Pets 100
Ev. SAR 1,650
Documented finds.
797 Humans
3,165 Pets
Total: 3,962.
Revised 11-27-2013.
SAR Stats Harry Oakes
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Harry E. Oakes Jr. SAR Coordinator
International K9 Search and Rescue Services
