Terms of Use

Agreement

This website is operated by Northern Search & Recovery Dogs Society ("NSRDS", "we", "us"), a volunteer non-profit society inNorthern British Columbia. By using the site you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

This site is not an emergency service

If a person is missing right now, or there is any immediate risk to life, call 911.NSRDS is a specialist canine resource that works alongside an active investigation. We do not monitor this website or our inbox around the clock, we cannot self-deploy, and submitting a form here does not initiate a search. Nothing on this site should be relied on in an emergency.

No guarantee of response or deployment

Contacting us does not create any obligation on our part and does not guarantee that a search will take place. We are volunteers with finite capacity. Whether we can assist depends on the circumstances, the terrain, the jurisdiction, our availability, and whether canine detection is a suitable tool at all. We will tell you honestly when it is not.

Where a search does proceed, it happens at the request of and in coordination with the agency holding jurisdiction. A canine search is an investigative aid. It cannot promise a find, and no outcome is guaranteed.

Information on this site

The content here describes our disciplines, training standards and process in general terms. It is provided for information only. It is not legal, investigative, forensic or medical advice, and it should not be relied on as a substitute for guidance from police, a coroner, or a qualified professional. We try to keep the site accurate and current but do not warrant that it is free of errors or omissions.

Using the site

You agree not to:

• submit false, misleading or malicious information through our forms;
• use our contact forms to send unsolicited commercial messages, solicitations or bulk mail;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the site or any related system, or to disrupt or overload it;
• scrape, harvest or automatically collect content or contact details from the site; or
• use the site for any unlawful purpose.

Information you send us

You are responsible for what you submit. Please do not send information about third parties that you do not have a reasonable basis to share. How we handle what you send is set out in ourPrivacy Policy.

Do not send us anything you consider confidential in the legal sense without speaking to us first. Email is not a secure channel.

Intellectual property

The NSRDS name, logo and badge are the property of the society and may not be used without our written permission — in particular, they may not be used in any way that suggests we endorse, are affiliated with, or have participated in something when we have not. Site text and layout are owned by the society or used under licence. Photography and video are used under their respective licences.

Links to other sites

Where we link to an external site, such as a police service or partner organisation, we do so for convenience. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, NSRDS and its volunteers, directors and members are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of this site or from reliance on its content. The site is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when they were last revised. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the revised terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada that apply there. Any dispute will be dealt with by the courts of British Columbia.

Contact

Questions about these terms can go to info@northernsearchdogs.com or250-617-1518.