On Tuesday evening we received this text message from our handler Jason Smith in Missouri:”Brent and I are leaving Joplin now after almost two full days of searching. Our Task Force has completed its work in the area assigned to them and has been released by Command. We are headed …
March 11, 12:15 PM PST – 9.0 Earthquake strikes Japan! SDF Search Teams activated Six Canine Disaster Search Teams trained by the Search Dog Foundation have been activated to respond to the deadly earthquake and Tsunami in Japan as part of Los Angeles County Task Force 2. The L.A. Task Force was …
Gas Explosion in San Bruno, CA On Thursday, September 9th around 5:00pm, a gas pipeline exploded in the Glenview neighborhood in the city of San Bruno near the San Francisco Airport. Four people were killed and 37 homes were destroyed or damaged.SDF Search Team Tom Carney and his partner Gypsy were …
Teams Respond to Search for Missing Hiker in Carmel ValleyAround 9:30pm on July 3, SDF Handler Eric Hanzelka received a call from a fellow Carmel Valley Fire Department Captain requesting Eric and his Search Dog Ellie’s help to find a hiker lost in Garland Park, a wooded area in Carmel.Eric …
SDF Teams Search Sacramento House Rocked by Gas ExplosionOn the morning of July 5, SDF Search Teams Tim Robertson & Speaker and Jeff Ivy & Jakers received a call to deploy to a local house search in Sacramento. About one hour earlier, a natural gas explosion had destroyed the home, …
SDF Teams Search for Survivors of Oklahoma TornadoesOn the afternoon of May 10, seven deadly tornadoes touched down near Oklahoma City. The twisters killed five people, injured dozens, and damaged over 50 homes across three counties in a matter of hours. Four of SDF’s five Oklahoma City teams were called …
Search Dog Foundation Teams in Haiti: Deployment ReportJanuary 12, 2010:A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Haiti, destroying most of Port-au-Prince and many surrounding communities. The Haitian government reaches out to the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance which is charged with deploying FEMA Task Forces to overseas disasters.Canine Disaster Search Teams …
Search Dog deployment in Monterey ParkReported by SDF Handler Captain Marc ValentineAt 9:00 pm on Monday, September 6th, the City of Monterey Park Fire Department received word that a semi-truck had crashed into a house located at 577 Casuda Canyon Road. Upon arrival, the Fire Department found a two-trailer rock-hauler …
by SDF Firefighter Doug Van Iwaarden – Orange County Fire DepartmentLate on Friday, May 15, Wylie and I got the call to help find two missing teenagers. All the information we had was that a girl and her brother may be wandering lost in a wooded area of Cedar Grove …
Kura Finds Missing Girl in Albany, NYby FirefighterGreg Gould, NY State Office of Fire Prevention and ControlOn April 23, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., SDF’s New York Search Teams were called out by East Glenville Fire Chief Scott Pike to search for a missing 15-year old girl in East Glenville. Jason …
