Explosive detection dogs

Your professional partner with detection dogs for undetonated explosives at construction sites across the country.

NSH offers

  • Safe and effective search dog service for unexploded ordnance

  • Consultancy work in all stages of the process

  • Detection dog work in close collaboration with the responsible rock blaster, with regard to guidelines in the explosives regulations

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  • Detects undetonated explosives used in rock blasting

  • Searching in areas where alternative methods are not possible

  • Is cost effective compared to manual search

NSH strives to deliver high quality at all levels

  • Has approval from the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning for the use of explosives in its training - and maintenance training
    (cf. the Explosives Regulations §8 second paragraph)

  • Quality and documentation in contract negotiations

  • Framework agreements / agreements for individual assignments

  • Documentation and reporting at all levels

  • Implements quality assurance based on relevant parts of the IMAS* and ISO HSEQ standards

  • Implements strict requirements for training and safety for our dog handlers and dogs

* IMAS: International Mine Action Standard Guidelines and requirements for operational work with mine search dogs ( link )

The background for the work with EDD at NSH

NSH has based its work on the work of the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI) and Statens Veivesen (SVV) in studies from 2015-2018, combined with Fjellanger's core competence on sensitivity and odor discrimination from its own research studies and 40 years of experience with search dogs. Fjellanger has a great focus on systematics and methodology in all his work with dogs. This has been demonstrated, among other things, through research projects using detection dogs for mines, cancer and corrosion as well as work to develop and implement the international industry standard for mine detection dogs (IMAS) for the United Nations (UN). IMAS is based on ISO HSEQ.

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"NSH ensures the safety of our customers and our EDD teams in all our work"

Explosive detection dogs - competence and education

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The dogs have solid explosive competence:

  • Trained to detect EGDN and NG in addition to all the most common variants of civil explosives used today as well as older (back to the 50s and 60s).

  • Continuously trained to expand their skills through the use of new types of explosives / unexploded ordnance.

The dogs are trained in different types of search styles:

  • Area declaration - scan planned areas where explosives may be hidden. Search with shortline or longline.

  • Ditch / cutting - along ditches and rock cuts in connection with rehabilitation, follow-up or other suspected undetonated explosives.

  • Rock / Blast pile - dogs must investigate an area where undetonated explosives may be hidden in rock masses after detonation.

  • Other areas of use - spot search (small area with a high probability of explosives) and search from lifts, etc.

Interested in more information about assignments with our dogs?

We are available at short notice to:

• Introduce NSH and discuss how we can meet your needs

• Run a site demo with our dogs

• Mission / Assignment

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