News – Page 44 – National Disaster Search Dog Foundation

Deployment readiness training for your Search Teams

December 1, 2015 June 27, 2016

On the weekend of November 17th, 13 Search Teams from Oklahoma and Dallas gathered for a Regional Training hosted by the Tulsa Fire Department and Oklahoma Task Force 1. SDF was proud to send Master Trainer Sonja Heritage and Canine Recruitment Manager and Trainer Darrell Wilkerson to Tulsa to observe …

Deployment Reports

Dallas parking garage collapse

October 26, 2015 July 6, 2016

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 …

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Jezzie (2001 – 2015)

September 6, 2015 January 10, 2023

A beautiful Black Lab with loving eyes and a wagging tail, Jezzie had been sitting for many weeks at the Sacramento County Animal Control. Thankfully, Jezzie’s last day at the shelter was different from the others. She was given a second chance at life. On that fateful day at the …

SDF in the Media

Search Dog Training Center on track for opening

August 24, 2015 June 27, 2016

August 24, 2015 Scott Steepleton, News-Press City Editor For 20 years, Wilma Melville has been trying to teach handlers of search dogs new tricks. The vision of the 81-year-old founder of the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation is close to becoming a reality with the grand opening next year of …

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Hero (2002 – 2015)

August 11, 2015 January 10, 2023

Who doesn’t love to be welcomed by a friendly face when they step off a plane, train, or bus? How about the subway? Well, if you’re a regular commuter on the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) disembarking at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, you have the pleasure of being greeted by …

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Petco Foundation invests $2.5m in SDF

July 15, 2015 June 30, 2016

Ojai Valley News | SANTA PAULA, Calif. – Last Thursday, the Petco Foundation announced a $2.5 million “Pathway to Completion” challenge grant, to help the Ojai-based Search Dog Foundation (SDF) build America’s first National Training Center for canine disaster search teams.

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SDF welcomes the Navy to the NTC

July 15, 2015 June 30, 2016

DVIDS | SANTA PAULA, Calif. – Local civic, reserve and active duty military leaders toured the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation’s (NDSDF) National Training Center (NTC) to see first-hand the naval construction efforts there, July 9.

Deployment Reports

Oklahoma City tornado strike

June 17, 2015 July 6, 2016

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 …

Deployment Reports, Major Deployments

Earthquake in Nepal

June 17, 2015 December 6, 2023

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 …

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Hobbes (2000 – 2015)

May 29, 2015 January 10, 2023