Search Dog Foundation Teams in Haiti: Deployment ReportJanuary 12, 2010:A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Haiti, destroying most of Port-au-Prince and many surrounding communities. The Haitian government reaches out to the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance which is charged with deploying FEMA Task Forces to overseas disasters.Canine Disaster Search Teams …
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 Doug Van Iwaarden – Orange County Fire DepartmentLate on Friday, May 15, Wylie and I got the call to help find two missing teenagers. All the information we had was that a girl and her brother may be wandering lost in a wooded area of Cedar Grove …
Kura Finds Missing Girl in Albany, NYby FirefighterGreg Gould, NY State Office of Fire Prevention and ControlOn April 23, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., SDF’s New York Search Teams were called out by East Glenville Fire Chief Scott Pike to search for a missing 15-year old girl in East Glenville. Jason …
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 …
Jacksonville Deployment ReportBy Marshia Hall, Temple Terrace FireOn December 6, 2007, Search and Rescue teams across Florida were called out to assist the Jacksonville Fire Department with a structural collapse. Parts of a six-story parking garage had gone down while under construction. A worker who had witnessed the collapse said …
Exactly one year after being partnered with their canines, and only five days after receiving their official State Certifications, SDF’s New York teams were called out on their first deployment. This was followed by a second callout three weeks later—an extraordinary beginning for these excellent new teams. Here are their reports:On Thursday, …
Florida Tornado: Marshia & Trapper respondOn February 3, 2007 a deadly tornado blast into Lake County, Florida, killing 20 people, damaging hundreds of houses and leaving more than 10,000 people without power. SDF-trained search team Captain Marshia Hall and her Yellow Lab, Trapper, were deployed as part of Florida Task …
