In the early evening hours of January 30, 2017, SDF Search Teams Eric Ingstad & Java and Cynthia Sato & Roxy were called on to respond to a landslide in Hollywood Hills with Los Angeles Fire Department.According to news reports, one of the original 911 calls was made by a …
SDF Team Searches River Bed After Vehicle Washes Up in Orange County, CAAs a third, and most powerful, storm hit Southern California this week, it packed a punch that created flooding and mudslides throughout the region. SDF-trained Search Team Alex Van & Winnie responded to a vehicle found washed up …
SDF Teams Search for Survivors After Tree Falls on Wedding Party Photo ShootWhat began as a beautiful celebration ended in tragedy the afternoon of December 17th, when a large eucalyptus tree fell on a wedding party taking photos in Whittier, CA. Sadly, the mother-of-the-bride was killed and several others injured after …
First deployment for Search Dogs Decker and Sarge!Decker & Brent Brainard and Sarge & Aide Barbat of CA-TF8 (San Diego) deployed July 13, 2016 when a bluff collapsed in Del Mar.A man reported to a lifeguard that he witnessed a juvenile female walking below when the bluff collapse occurred. Del Mar Fire, …
SDF Search Teams deployed to make sure no one was trapped alive in the wreckageAt approximately 4:30pm CST on October 23rd, Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the partial collapse of a seven-story parking garage at the Turtle Creek apartment high-rise where a pool deck removal and remodel was underway. The cave-in …
According to Norwegian media, Geere and Mir, together with their handlers Morten and Kristin, used their noses to find a 24-year old woman in Kathmandu who had been buried deep under rubble (4 floors down) for 5 days. The rest of the Norwegian team together with rescue workers from Israel and France were able to pull out the young woman alive and give her medical care.
Deployment update: According to the UN, the death toll from the April 25 earthquake now stands at 5,006 with an additional 10,194 people injured. An estimated 8 million people remain affected across 39 of Nepal’s 75 districts. Authorities expect these figures to rise as rescue efforts continue. Today, members of …
Around 8:30pm local time, Luis Garcia & Maxim and Fidel Gomez & Rosie were activated to search a collapsed office building in the Villas del Real neighborhood in the eastern part of Tijuana. The building was used by a real estate company and while no employees were on site at …
Ventura County Star | Handler Linda Tacconelli, paired with Search Dog Joe, shares about her heart-wrenching experience in Japan.
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A team of L.A. County firefighters and trained dogs from the California-based National Disaster Search Dog Foundation spent a week searching for survivors in northeastern Japan.
