CANINE SEARCH TEAM TRAINING
                                                                    Hosted by the Massachusetts Canine Response Team, Inc.

                                                                                                 WAIVER AGREEMENT

 

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Massachusetts Canine Response Team, Inc. ("MACRT") performs search dog training exercises on various private and public properties located in and around the New England area.  Locations primarily used by MACRT include, but are not limited to, various public and state parks, private lands, open fields, wooded lands, occupied and abandoned buildings, rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands and any other private or public property located throughout the New England area.

My name is ____________________________________ and I am attending and/or participating in said MACRT search dog training exercises in my capacity as:

                   _____    A current member of MACRT;

                   _____  A current member of the ______________________________________:
                                                                                      (Name of search and rescue unit)

                  _____  A news-reporter affiliated with ____________________________________; or
                                                                                           (Name of News Agency)

                 _____    Other ___________________________________________________________________.
                                (Description of activity bringing you on-site (ie, Observer, Helper, Person hiding for SAR dog, etc.)

I understand and acknowledge the inherent risks involved in attending and/or participating in MACRT search dog trainings that are held in and around the public and/or private lands as above-described and which may contain, at a minimum, shifting terrain and unknown forest debris or man-made hazards.  I understand and acknowledge that these dangers exist when training in the daylight and that such dangers may be increased when training at night or in otherwise darken interiors when dangers to myself or to my dog are not visible.  I also understand and acknowledge the inherent risks of training search and rescue dogs which, when being trained, may inadvertently and/or intentionally nip, bite, knock me off balance or otherwise hurt either my body and/or equipment. To reduce the safety risks associated with my presence at MACRT search dog training, I agree to limit my access to only those areas directly designated by MACRT personnel.  I further agree that I will wear personal safety equipment suggested by MACRT, including long-sleeve shirt, long-pants, baseball cap, hard-soled boots and leather gloves, at all times, when participating in search dog training exercises.

Notwithstanding these limitations, I expressly agree to hold harmless and release MACRT, along with its respective agents, directors and employees, as well as any private or public property owner on whose property I am training, from any and all responsibility and/or liability for any and all situations or occurrences which may result from my presence and/or involvement in such MACRT search dog training exercises.

 

Signature: ___________________________________                                           Date:________________

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