After Tropical Storm Isaias made landfall along the Gulf Coast, SDF-trained canine teams Jeremy DeMott & Chirp and Trinity Maurer & Goldie deployed alongside fellow members of Virginia Task Force 2 (VA-TF2) to assist with search and rescue operations.
Isaias hit the northern Gulf Coast with sustained tropical-storm-force winds, high storm surges, and intense moisture bands. As the storm tracked inland, it pushed vast amounts of rain eastward, bringing severe winds and widespread flash flooding across the region and leaving power outages and structural damage in its wake.
On October 10, Jeremy, Chirp, Trinity, and Goldie headed toward the Western North Carolina/Eastern Tennessee border, ready to assist regional search efforts to ensure no one was left behind.
Our teams have now returned home, and we are thrilled to welcome them back safe and sound. We send our sincere gratitude to these teams and to all the rescuers who answered the call to help those impacted by this extreme weather event.
We offer our deepest condolences to the loved ones of those lost to Isaias, and we continue to keep all those impacted in our thoughts as communities begin to rebuild in the aftermath of the storm.
MEET THE BOOTS AND PAWS ON THE GROUND ON THE GULF COAST:
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