Harry Oakes SAR Stats Finds of human and pets around the world.

International K9 Search and Rescue Services

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Harry Oakes SAR Stats May 1986 – April 14, 2014.

Harry Oakes started in SAR, May 1972 - 1974 with Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office with MCSO LE Post# 900 / 631. Portland, Ore.

Sept. 1974- Sept. 1977 US Army Military Police assisted in MAST Medicvac’s. Military SAR Ops. And Mountain Rescue overseas. 7^th Division MP Co. and 165^th MP Company.

Oct. 77 - Jan.78 UOHSC Police Officer Commissioned 90 day temp traffic position.

Feb. – June 78 Drain P.D. & Ambulance EMT.

July 78 Aug 79 Eastide City PD.

Sept. 79- March 1980. Morrow County Sheriff’s Office in Heppner, Oregon. Sheriff’ SAR and EMT.

1982-1984 Washington Co. Sheriff’s office Hillsboro, Ore. Paid reserve deputy and training instructor for PR-24 and Defensive tactics.

1987-1994 Unpaid volunteer Clark Co. K-9  Sheriff’s office.

2014-8963-026(F). 04-24-2014 Wrongful death lawsuit expert witness request. Attorney Kevin Hoffman 908-642-7200 Tracy Garcia tgarcia@singerlegal.net Telephone conference with Singer. Team: H. Oakes. Results: Telephone review of case with Singer.  Worked on review of files, reports, photos. Sent in my response. Weather reports. Totals:  1 hr. 0 Miles HCM#10,302.

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 10,278 SAR call requests around the world.

This is for missing persons, lost pets, evidence, and suspect id. This also includes consult cases. (Does not include SAR Dog Training Requests).

2,022 requests have been for missing persons cases.

8,256 cases have been for Evidence, and Missing pet cases.

I've performed 415 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 191 Direct live Finds of missing persons. This means I’ve located 191 persons alive during my active searches.

165 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 42 years of SAR Expertise, which helped them find the missing person(s) alive in the areas I directed them to.

Totals; 356 live finds Directly and Assisted indirectly.

364 DIRECT DEAD Finds of Missing persons.

99 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 463.

Total Finds and Assist Finds Humans 819.  

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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.

May-86 To  04-14-2014

Cats search calls  4,212.

Dogs search calls 3,619 

(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 53

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 19

Llamas 2

Ferrets 29

Therapy pig 1.

Suspect ID  47.

SAR Calls for Pets 8,052.  

Direct and indirect Finds Pets dead 1,253.

Pets found alive 1,985.

Total Finds Pets 3,238.

Total: Search Hours PETS  161,742.

SAR Miles Ground Traveled 573,321.

SAR Miles Air 675,765

Total Miles Air and Ground traveled for Searches 1,249,086.

Disaster responses just for pets 44 (Does not include the 17 major responses we’ve done for people.

GT 268

Administered First Aid to Pets 111

Ev. SAR 1,651.

Documented finds.

819 Humans

3,238 Pets

Total finds and assisted finds of lost / missing people and pets: 4,057.

Revised 04-14-2014.

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