Category: <span>Deployment Reports</span>

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 …

Three Search Teams deployed to construction crane collapse in Dallas, TX

On Sunday, June 9, just after 2 p.m. local time, a construction crane collapsed into an occupied apartment building in Dallas, TX amid a thunderstorm that produced strong winds and hail throughout the area. Three SDF-trained canine disaster search teams were called upon to search the building for anyone trapped …