How to Find Missing Child

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How to Find a Missing Child How do you find a child that has been missing for 24hours at Shawnee State Forest? My dog Brutis and I have done this. Here are some of the things that we had to go through to find the missing child. It is not as easy as they make it look on television. You have to get your gear together, find the location of the search, get all your gear on Have a scent article and then you are off to search. One of the first things you have to do is get all the gear you will need for the search. One of the most important things you will need is water for you and your dog. You also need to make sure you wear the right clothes for where you will be searching. The day we were searching it was very hot but the area of the forest we were in had lots of thickets, hills and ravines, so I had to wear long sleeves and pants. So because of what I was wearing and the heat I had to carry extra water for my dog and myself. Some of the other things you might need are something to eat; trail mix is really good; a flashlight, compass, and a first aid kit. So after getting all the gear you will need, you have to get to the location of the search. In this case we were at Shawnee State Forest. Once I got to the location I talked to the Forest Ranger to find out where the last location the child was seen and about how all they had been missing. The Ranger said the child was last seen in the camping area and had been missing for about 6hours. After that I went back to my Jeep and got my dog out and put his gear on. He wears an orange vest that has K-9 Search and Rescue printed on it. I also got myself ready which means putting on my 25 pound backpack. Of the 25 pounds about 18 pounds was water for my dog and I. After getting all your gear on and all the information you need on the missing child, you will need to

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