Category: Deployment Reports

On the tail of Hurricane Harvey, one of the most devastating storms in our country’s recorded history, comes Hurricane Irma. News reports state that should Irma continue on her current path as expected, this will be the fourth Category 5 hurricane to hit US soil. Irma has hit the Dominican …

AUGUST 31, 2017 – 10 PM LOCAL TIME With meteorologists calling Harvey the worst natural disaster in American history, an additional SDF-trained Canine Disaster Search Team was added to the national roster of those responding to this storm. Search Team Wade Haller & Rex, with California Task Force 5 (based …

On June 25, 2017, two teenage girls walked away from the Marzelle Hill Transition Center in West Dallas, TX. One of the teens was taken into custody shortly after it was discovered they were gone, while another was believed to be hiding in the tall cattail reeds at the edge …

As rain fell on Monday, June 19th, New York Task Force 2 (NY-TF2) responded to a call that a two and a half story wood frame apartment complex had collapsed. Apparently abandoned, citizens feared that transients may have been inside at the time the structure gave way. With human life …

California Task Force 5 Search Team Doug Van Iwaarden & Sadie deployed with Orange County Fire Authority late at night on Saturday, June 17th, when a vehicle crashed into a Yorba Linda home. A family of six lived in the house and were sleeping at the time of the tragic …

Deployment Report dated May 17, 2017, by SDF Handler Madison Warner:“Tanner and I were called out to Eagle Mountain, Utah for a search on a missing 7-year-old with our teammates Patrick Cullen and Pyro. After meeting with incident command, Tanner and I were assigned a 2.5 mile search up a …

On the night of Saturday, April 29, members of Texas Task Force 2, including five SDF-trained Canine Disaster Search Teams, deployed to Canton, Texas, to assist in searching for survivors following a series of deadly tornadoes that left a path of destruction through three counties.The SDF teams deployed were:Derek Chaky & …

SDF-trained Search Teams Donovan George & Ollie and Doug Van Iwaarden & Sadie deployed in the city of Irvine, California on Friday, April 28, for a missing person search.The person went missing Thursday night at about 8:00 pm and the Search Teams were called out Friday morning to help with search efforts. …

SDF teams were called upon twice this week to prepare for disasters – Derek Chaky & Scout, Robert Grant & Rocky, Patti Krafft & Billy and Andrea Sutcliffe & Skye staged with their task force as tornado season kicked-off in Dallas, TX, while Greg Gould & Dax and Brian Girard …