VC Reporter | Santa Paula-based Search Dog Foundation teams pivotal across the world, at home
Category: SDF in the Media
Thomas Fire damages search dog training center in Santa Paula
VC Star | Thomas Fire damages search dog training center in Santa Paula; canines are OK
Meet the L.A. Firefighters and Rescue Dogs Helping Mexico City Recover From the Quake
LA Weekly | After the massive earthquake struck Mexico City last week, a team of Los Angeles firefighters packed their bags and traveled to the areas hardest hit by the temblor.
Locally trained search dogs head to Hurricane Matthew
KEYT | From rescued to rescuer: The Search Dog Foundation trains K9s to help people in disaster situations like those affected by Hurricane Matthew.
First facility of its kind in the nation
Ventura Breeze | In August, guests, Seabees and staff were invited to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation’s National Training Center located at 6800 Wheeler Canyon Rd, Santa Paula.
Animals continually train for disaster duties
NewsOK | The massive pile of broken concrete slabs at Schwarz Ready Mix might look like one big mess to many people, but for the Oklahoma City Fire Department’s search and rescue dogs, the jagged chunks provide opportunity.
Seabees reservists help build Search Dog training area in Santa Paula
Ventura County Star | It’s been a long summer of hard work for dozens of Navy reservists who are helping construct the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation’s training center in Santa Paula.
Seabees help SDF as part of Innovative Readiness Training
NOSC | From moving rubble piles to installing drywall in a tilted house to installing donated school buses, the Seabees had their work cut out for them in the California heat.
Searching for fulfillment
Forbes | Why a retired teacher began training Rescue Dogs and Firefighters
Search Dog Training Center on track for opening
August 24, 2015 Scott Steepleton, News-Press City Editor For 20 years, Wilma Melville has been trying to teach handlers of search dogs new tricks. The vision of the 81-year-old founder of the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation is close to becoming a reality with the grand opening next year of …