• In the Mandarin term “灵犬”, “灵” means intelligent and agile.
• There are mainly three types of rescue dogs in Singapore: the police dogs of the Singapore Police Force, anti-narcotics dogs of the Central Narcotics Bureau, and rescue dogs of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
• Police dogs are more ferocious and mainly assist the police in arresting criminals. Anti-narcotics dogs and rescue dogs are more docile. The former assist narcotics officers to search for hidden drugs and the latter assist civil defence personnel to search for survivors in collapsed buildings.
• The SCDF started using rescue dogs in disaster rescue efforts in 1997. These dogs can use their keen sense of smell to search for survivors trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings.
• In 2008, the SCDF started using rescue dogs to investigate locations where fires occurred.
• Anti-narcotics dogs must be familiar with the smells of eight different drugs before they can be sent on anti-narcotics missions with narcotics officers.
• Rescue dogs may also be deployed to Woodlands Checkpoint to aid in the  inspection of incoming vehicles and search for persons who may be hiding in the trunk or hidden compartments of vehicles.

警犬 (Mainland China, Taiwan)