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 …
Search Teams Brian Girard & Keila and Greg Gould & Dax returned home to Albany after being deployed to massive flooding near Lodi and Seneca Lake, New York with their task force. A state of emergency was declared on August 14 as flash flooding caused dozens of people to become …
Search Teams Brian Girard & Keila and Greg Gould & Dax were searching along the riverfront in Waterford, NY for a missing 14-year-old autistic boy. Anthony Blaauboer was last seen in the afternoon on August 8 and was reported missing a few hours later, when he did not return …
On July 31, 2018, SDF-trained Search Teams Derek Chaky & Scout and Laurel Pitman & Sonic deployed just after noon to a two-story parking garage collapse in Irving, TX. With 21 vehicles impacted by the rubble, rescuers needed to confirm no one had been inside the structure when it fell. Thankfully, …
