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National Fire Fighting

Table 9-3 Statistics of dogs that passed assessment as announced by the IRO official website
Unit: one dog
Statistics of fire fighting departments’ dogs that have passed the IRO assessment
December 31, 2017

Number of Rescue dog of rubble search Rescue dog of area search
Unit certified Intermediate Advanced Intermediate Advanced
dogs MRT-T
(T-A) (T-B) (F-A) (F-B)
SSRT, NFA 9 3 4 2 - 2(T-B*2)

Taipei City Fire Department 1 1 - - - -
New Taipei City Fire Department 6 3 3 - - -
Taoyuan City Fire Department 1 - 1 - - -
Taichung City Fire Department 3 - - 3 1(MRT-T*1) -

Kaohsiung City Fire Department 3 2 1 - -
Pingtung County Fire Department 1 - 1 - - -
Taitung County Fire Department 2 - 1 1 - 1(T-B*1)
Total 26 7 12 7 1 3
Source: NFA, MOI
Note: 1. For relevant information of this table, please refer to the official website of IRO (dogs that are assessed by an IRO referee hired
by the county or city government are not listed here).
2. Only the dogs that have passed the highest IRO level are listed in this table.
3. Dogs that have participated in and passed the same assessment are not repeatedly counted.

4. Carrying out Professional Rescue Trainings

To ensure the safety of rescue members, enhance the rescue efficiency, and effectively implement

and complete rescue missions, SSRT has conducted NASA structural collapse rescue training (3 groups
with 150 trainees), 2017 earthquake disaster rescue training (240 trainees), and the earthquake disaster
drill of the forward command post of CDEOC on the National Disaster Prevention Day (240 trainees).

▲ Simulation of collapsed rescue drill ▲ Group photo of the 7 teams that have passed the
MRT for certifying the international rescue capabilities
of rescue dogs

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