Basic SAR Skills

• Avalanche Safety for Skiers and Climbers , Tony Daffern , 1999
• FIRE WEATHER, Agriculture Handbook 360 , Schroeder and Buck , 2019
• Basic Land Navigation - PMS 475 , National Wildfire Coordinating Group , 2019
• National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather , David Ludlum , 1991

Canine Detection and the Law

• Canine olfaction science and law: advances in forensic science, medicine, conservation, and environmental remediation , Tadeusz Jezierski, John Ensminger, and L.E. Papet (eds) , 2021
• Police and military dogs: criminal detection, forensic evidence, and judicial admissibility , John Ensminger , 2011

Dog First Aid

• Field Guide to Dog First Aid, Emergency Care for the Outdoor Dog , Randy Acker , 1994
• Pet First Aid: Cats and Dogs, American Red Cross , Bobbie Mammato , 1997
• The First Aid Companion for Dogs and Cats , Amy D. Shojar , 2001

How Dogs Work

• Scent and the Scenting Dog , William G. Syrotuck , 2000
• What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs , Cat Warren , 2013
• Detector Dogs and Scent Movement: How Weather, Terrain, and Vegetation Influence Search Strategies , Tom Osterkamp , 2020

Search and Rescue Operations

• The Handbook for Managing Land Search Operations , ERI Publications and Training , 2006
• Fundamentals of Search and Rescue, NASAR , Donald Cooper , 2005
• Lost Person Behavior: A Search and Rescue Guide on Where to Look - for land, Air and Water , Robert J. Koester , 2008

Search Dog Training

• Search and Rescue Dogs: Training the K-9 Hero , American Rescue Dog , 2002
• Training a Search and Rescue Dog: for Wilderness Air Scent , Christy Judah , 2014
• Death, Decomposition and Detector Dogs, From Science to Scene , Susan Stejskal , 2020
• Ready! The Training of the Search and Rescue Dog, 2nd Edition , Susan Bulanda , 2014
• Search Dog Training , Sandy Bryson , 1984
• The Detection of Buried Targets by Canines - Methods, Skills and Training Protocols , Paul Bunker , 2026
• Cadaver Dog Handbook: Forensic Training and Tactics for the Recovery of Human Remains , Andrew Rebmann , 2023
• K9 Search and Rescue Troubleshooting: Practical Solutions to Common Search-Dog Training Problems , Susan Bulanda
• Avalanche! Hasty Search, The Care and Training of the Avalanche Search and Rescue Dog , Patti Burnett , 2003
• Search and Rescue Dogs: Training Methods , American Rescue Dog Association , 1991
• Imprint Your Detection Dog in 15 Days: A step-by-step workbook , Paul Bunker , 2021
• K-9 TRAILING The Straightest Path , Jeff Schettler , 2011
• Buzzards and Butterflies: Humans Remains Detection Dogs , J C Judah , 2008
• Training Dogs to use Their Nose , Adee Shoon , 2021
• Training the Disaster Search Dog , Shirley Hammond , 2005
• Pick of the Pack: Selecting your Canine SAR Partner , National Search Dog Alliance , 2008