On July 16, 2019, SDF-trained search teams with Los Angeles County Fire Department deployed to two back-to-back calls for help in the LA area: The roof over the lobby of the Lady Luck Casino in Gardena, CA collapsed in the late morning. It was known that there were people inside …
On June 22, 2019, a 73-year-old man was separated from his hiking group in the mountains near La Canada Flintridge, CA. SDF-trained Search Teams Manny Sampang & Eva and Ryan Greenup & Koda (both with Los Angeles County Fire Department) were sent out as a part of a massive search …
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 …
On March 25, Baja California Task Force 3 Search Teams Luis Garcia & Maxim and Fidel Gomez & Rosie responded the report of a small landslide in Tijuana. A homeless person had reportedly been living in a makeshift dirt cave that collapsed after rain soaked the area. The canine teams …
Search Dog Foundation-trained teams Tom Carney & Allie (South San Francisco Fire) and Eli Thomas & Vader (San Francisco Fire) responded to a cliff collapse at a beach in Northern California. Two women and a dog were seen walking in the area when the cliff and hill on the coast next to Fort …
Two SDF-trained Canine Disaster Search Teams deployed to assist in the wake of the Camp Fire in Northern California. The deadliest fire in California state history, the Camp Fire decimated hundreds of structures across thousands of acres, leaving more than 80 dead and another several hundred still missing. Despite the …
Just 11 days after returning home from a mission to the Carolinas where they spent nearly 3 weeks aiding those affected by Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas, SDF-trained search team Marshia Hall & Lilah are deploying again with their FEMA task force in response to Hurricane Michael. The SDF Search …
SDF has several teams deployed to the East Coast for Hurricane Florence from both Florida Task Force 1 and Nebraska Task Force 1. All 28 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) task forces mobilized components in response to Florence as the hurricane was expected to grow to a potential Category 5 …
On Saturday, September 8, 2018, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began deploying U.S. Urban Disaster Search and Rescue teams to the state of Hawaii in anticipation of Hurricane Olivia, which had the potential to make landfall by the 11th. Two SDF-trained canine teams from California Task Force 3 (CA-TF3, …
Hurricane Lane was originally a Category 5 hurricane, eventually reaching the Hawaiian islands on August 22 as a slightly weaker Category 4 storm. Even though it did not pass directly over the islands, the massive amount of rainfall and subsequent flooding damaged parts of Hawaii. Three FEMA task forces, including …
