First Deployment of Mike Stornetta and Rocket’s Career and of our 20th Anniversary YearOur hearts go out to the families and friends of the passengers who lost their lives in a small plane crash on January 28th in Santa Rosa, CA. This was the first deployment for Mike Stornetta and …
Late in the afternoon of March 16th, Dennis Clark & Rugby and Gary Durian & Tanker were deployed to search for a vehicle that had plunged 800 feet over the side of a cliff in Mt. Baldy, in Southern California. One person was airlifted out immediately, but Rugby and Tanker …
Search Dog deployment in Monterey ParkReported by SDF Handler Captain Marc ValentineAt 9:00 pm on Monday, September 6th, the City of Monterey Park Fire Department received word that a semi-truck had crashed into a house located at 577 Casuda Canyon Road. Upon arrival, the Fire Department found a two-trailer rock-hauler …
By SDF Firefighter Dan Solis – Kern County Fire DepartmentAt around 11:00am on April 19, Sandi and I were called to the scene of an accident on State Highway 58 between Keene and Tehachapi, CA. The Highway Patrol suspected the accident had happened the previous night. It was a high-speed, single-vehicle rollover …
By SDF Firefighter Gary Durian, Los Angeles County Fire DepartmentBaxter and I were deployed on the night of April 1, 2009 to a traffic accident in the city of La Cañada-Flintridge. At approximately 6 p.m., a truck loaded with vehicles was driving down Angeles Crest Highway—a steep mountain road—and was …
SDF Canine Search Teams Deployed to Chatsworth Train WreckOn Friday, September 12th at approximately 4:30pm PST, a Metrolink commuter train collided with a freight train in the city of Chatsworth, near Los Angeles, killing 25 and injuring over a hundred others. Three Search Dog Foundation canine teams were deployed to …
Canine Teams in Search of Survivors at the Site of Los Angeles Train DerailmentReport by Su Vodrazka SDF Canine Handler and L.A. Country Sheriff’s Department Deputy On January 26, 2005, at 6:10 a.m., Los Angeles residents awoke to the terrible news of a disaster not far from home. Two Metrolink …
June 20, 2003 A Los Angeles neighborhood was thrown into chaos when 28 freight cars went flying off their tracks, crashing into homes and causing at least 11 injuries. The L.A. County Fire Department immediately called in SDF canine-firefighter teams to search for survivors. Within an hour of the derailment, three …
