1. Whether the dog partner or anyone in their family is a cigarette smoker.
2. "Why do you want to join K-9 SAR"?
3. There are a lot of dangers involved.
4. You must understand there's a lot of ugly SAR politics.
5. Once you get past the first few issues, then you need to decide if you and your dog has what it takes physically to perform search and rescue.
6. Select the right search dog team for you and your dog.

via howtodothings