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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Second major quake in Nepal, SDF Search Teams redeployed May 12, 2015 The death toll is rising again in Nepal in the wake of a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the country at 12:35pm Tuesday, local time, causing more widespread damage. The 12 Canine Disaster Search Teams deployed by the …
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 …
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 …
In the early afternoon of Friday, March 6th, Eric Darling & Ben were called out to search for a missing teenager in Newtown Township, PA. Together with 7 other local canine search teams, the team scoured 20 acres in snowy conditions all day Friday and Saturday. Eric also served as …
