Category: <span>Deployment Reports</span>

U.S. task force responds to Haiti after deadly earthquake

Following a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the island nation of Haiti on August 14, 2021, U.S.-based task force USA-1 (Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department) has deployed to assist with search and rescue operations, including four canine disaster search teams. Among the two- and four-legged rescuers is an …

Four SDF-trained search teams assist in aftermath of Hurricane Laura

Four SDF-trained search teams—Marshia Hall & Lilah (Florida Task Force 4), Patti Krafft & Billy (Texas Task Force 1), Lee Culley & Tommy and Roxanne Bauman & Cole (both Utah Task Force 1)—deployed to the Gulf Coast in response to Hurricane Laura. These teams joined task forces from throughout the …

Search Team responds to building explosion in Northern California

Around 4:40 am on Thursday, May 7, 2020, Alameda County Fire Department responded to a commercial building explosion in San Leandro. SDF-trained Search Dog Gunner’s handler, Alex Mengell, was requested by the department to respond and confirm no one left behind inside the building after it exploded. Arriving first responders …

From Rescued to Rescuer: Former shelter dog turned search dog helps find missing NY children

Just after 7 p.m. on the evening of April 7, 2020, Search Teams Adam Leckonby and Luka and Brian Girard and Keila of New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and New York Task Force 2 received a call from Schenectady County Emergency Manager to assist in …

Task forces from across the U.S. respond to Hurricane Dorian

On August 24, 2019, a large storm system began moving across the Atlantic, headed for the Caribbean. As it neared the Bahamas, it picked up speed and intensity, growing into Hurricane Dorian, a devastating category 5 storm. Stalling over the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian wreaked havoc on the island nation for …