Professional Credentials:

Professional credentials are earned and are awarded by a recognized professional organization to verify one’s professional qualifications and competence. They attest to a formal process and successful completion of set forth criteria by professional organizations.

***Federal Bureau of Investigations background clearance is a requirement prior to team membership.

  • Basic First Aid

  • CPR, AED, Infant CPR
    Pet First Aid/CPR/K9 Trauma

  • Crime Scene Preservation (Heavy emphasis on advanced levels)

  • Hazardous Materials

  • OSHA HazMat Human Remains- biohazard compliance

  • NIMS 100, 200, 700, 800

  • OSHA 1910 Bloodborne Pathogens

  • Lost Person Investigation/Questionnaire

  • Land Navigation

  • Canine Good Citizen Testing

  • Rope Skills/Rescue Knots/Harnesses/Extraction

  • UTM/GIS/GPS Training and Navigation

Other mandated training and certifications required for specialty team positions in:

  • NIMS 300, 400, 809a,

  • Alzheimer’s Missing persons behavior training

  • Field Training Officer

  • National Association of Search and Rescue, Lead Evaluator in Canine Human Remains Detection, Water Human Remains Detection, Area Search, Trailing and NASAR II Field

  • FEMA Field Safety Officer,

  • OSHA 501 Outreach Trainer, State Certified Fire Investigations,

  • Florida State Fire Instructor III,

  • United States of America-Federal Aviation Administration Part 107a UAC licensing

  • National Association of Search and Rescue NASAR 3 and advanced level NASAR 2 for K9 handlers.

  • National Association of Search and Rescue NASAR 1

  • OSHA General Industry Trainer

  • NASAR Lead Evaluator HRD land, HRD water, Trailing, Area Search

  • FEMA 508-8 Canine testing standards

  • Human Trafficking and Regional Domestic Security Task Force

  • Child Abduction Response Team (CART with FDLE)

  • Advanced First Aid and NASAR Wilderness First Aid/CPR 

  • Pet First Aid/CPR/Advanced K9 Trauma

  • Day and Night Operations in Land Navigation

  • AKC Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA) and Certified in Obedience by NAPWDA 

  • Rescue Rope, Knots for Handler/ K9 and/or Patient Assessment & Packaging

  • Man Tracking

  • K9 and Animal Learning Theory & Modern Training Techniques

  • Updated Scent Theory and Meteorology of Scent Classes

  • Haz-Mat Awareness Training

  • Structural Collapse Awareness

  • Confined Space Training (Awareness Level)

  • Blood borne Pathogens Awareness Training

  • ​Crime Scene Preservation 

  • Lost Person Behavior (LPB)

  • Basic Inland Search Class (BISC/USAF)

  • ​Wide Area Search (TEEX WAS PER 213 )

  • Search & Rescue in Community Disasters (TEEX PER 334)

  • Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

  • Managing the Lost Person Incident (MLPI)

  • Urban Search Management (USM)

  • State of Florida Emergency Response Awareness (SERP)

  • Human Trafficking Awareness/Homeland Security

  • Child Abduction Response Team Training (CART) Approaching Alzheimer’s First Responder Training