Tag: tornado

Four Oklahoma Search Dogs deploy to tornadoAt approximately 10pm Wednesday night, four Canine Disaster Search Teams, three trained by SDF, responded to the aftermath of a tornado that touched down in Tulsa, OK. After being contacted by the local fire department, the teams arrived at the scene and covered approximately one …

It was all hands on deck Saturday night.Nine tornadoes ripped through North Texas. Four SDF-trained Search Teams were deployed with Texas Task Force 2 (TX-TF2) based in Dallas. They searched what remained of two of the hardest hit suburbs of Garland and Rowlett, where an EF-4 tornado left hundreds homeless …

Brent & Moxie search tornado wreckage overnightLast night, while the six Search Dog Foundation teams deployed to Nepal were assisting in humanitarian assistance operations in that country, Brent Koeninger and his SDF-trained Search Dog Moxie were sent out to search for people buried alive in the aftermath of an F3-level tornado …

Jeff & Justice and Vincent & Magnum search for survivors in OklahomaTwo SDF Search Teams were deployed overnight to a deadly tornado in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. It was reported that one person was killed and 12 people injured in the storm. The teams arrived at the scene …

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 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 …