At 3:00pm on August 8, Greg Gould & Dax and Bill Simmes & Bonnie were called out to a house explosion in Schenectady. The house was abandoned but the water and gas were still on, and the property was being used by homeless people in need of shelter. When the teams …
A train conductor contacted authorities on August 8 after the train he was driving hit a man near downtown Oklahoma City and he saw the man hurled into tall grass. Dane Yaw & Salsa were called out at 1:00pm to search for the man.A police canine worked the west side …
Dennis DiMarzio & Ty, Gary Durian & Tanker, and Andy Olvera & Stetson were deployed at 12:00 pm on August 4 to search a mudslide triggered by flooding in the Mt. Baldy, CA region. The teams were called out after a cry for help was heard from the mud and …
Just after 8:00 am on July 25, SDF Search Team Cynthia Sato & Roxy and teammates Mike Gross & Journey responded with L.A. Firefighters to a partial collapse of an underground parking structure. The dogs searched a 50′ x 100′ area – Roxy searched the lower levels and crawl spaces …
SDF Search Teams Andrew Pitcher & Chief and Damon Wirth & George of Nebraska Task Force 1 were deployed early Friday morning (with teammates Rhonda Comegys & Stryker and Laura Denison & Keeper) to assist in rescue efforts following torrential downpours and flooding throughout Colorado. Rescuers from Colorado Task Force …
SDF teams based in Nebraska and Tulsa arrived in Moore, OK early this morning to join our Oklahoma City teams in the rescue efforts.There are now 9 SDF Search Teams searching schools, homes and a bowling alley leveled by the storm. It’s pouring rain off and on, making the search …
Shawnee, Oklahoma – Within 2½ hours, boots and paws were on the ground searching the debris. During the past five days, tornadoes have carved a wide and tortuous path of destruction through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa, killing at least seven people and injuring many more. The storms were so …
Keri Grant & Tucker and Laurel Pitman & Sonic were deployed early this morning to search for survivors in a town ravaged by tornadoes. They searched for six hours this morning, covering at least 90 homes, and were able to declare the area “clear” of survivors so the rescue crews …
Two SDF Search Teams from Texas Task Force 2 deployed in aftermath of massive explosion in WacoEarly this morning, Mike Hargrove and Hayden searched the ground floor of a severely damaged apartment building while Keri Grant and Tucker cleared over two dozen homes. Mike and Hayden searched several houses as well. …
At approximately 5:00pm EST on October 28th, three Albany, New York based Search Teams trained by the Search Dog Foundation—Greg Gould & Kura, John Stewart & Lani and Jason Geary & Marsi—were called out by New York Task Force 2 to prepare for deployment to Superstorm Sandy. They met the …
