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The Quest 2014
SDF | National Training Center: Opening 2016
In June of 2008, Karen Klingberg, SDF’s then Program Manager, made her first trip to Idaho to look at a
At 9:00 pm local time, Trevor Lawrence & Taylor responded to their first deployment to search a frozen canal two
Building collapse in Tijuana
Around 8:30pm local time, Luis Garcia & Maxim and Fidel Gomez & Rosie were activated to search a collapsed office
Snowstorms in Buffalo
At 1:00am local time, New York Search Teams set off for Erie County, NY to assist rescue crews in finding
Search Dog Lilah
SPCA Heartline | What do you do with a dog who is bursting with energy, is more than a little compulsive,
Search Dog Gunner
On Halloween morning, Alex Mengell & Gunner set out on their first deployment—an apartment explosion in Walnut Creek, east of
Bark Alert fall 2014 cover
SDF | National Training Center Canine Memorial
Gunner & Alex Mengell
Bay Woof | In 2015, a new generation of dogs will be partnered with Bay Area firefighters (at no cost to
On November 8, 2001, the world received the gift of a very special litter of Golden Retriever puppies. A man
Military personnel help build the NTC
www.Army.mil | JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, Wash. (Aug. 11, 2014) - U.S. Army Reserve engineer Soldiers had a unique opportunity this
House explosion in Schenectady
At 3:00pm on August 8, Greg Gould & Dax and Bill Simmes & Bonnie were called out to a house
A train conductor contacted authorities on August 8 after the train he was driving hit a man near downtown Oklahoma
Search Dog Charlie
Dennis DiMarzio & Ty, Gary Durian & Tanker, and Andy Olvera & Stetson were deployed at 12:00 pm on August
Aspen, a male Yellow Labrador, was rescued by the Humane League when he was just a puppy and then raised
Just after 8:00 am on July 25, SDF Search Team Cynthia Sato & Roxy and teammates Mike Gross & Journey
Search Dog Taylor
Aberdeen News | Taylor’s journey in becoming a search dog started in Aberdeen, where she was known as Sandy.
Andy, a handsome Golden Retriever, came to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) by way of Golden Retriever Rescue
Gator was one of a select few canines accepted to the Search Dog Foundation program as a puppy in the
Girl was a German Wirehair Pointer, born on May 22, 2001 and donated to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
The Quest 2013
SDF | Darcy: From Rescued...to Rescuer
Sandi, a male Border Collie born on December 5, 1998, was blessed with a great opportunity as a young dog:
Bark Alert Winter 2013
SDF | First National Training Center Graduates
Search Dog Charlie
SDF Search Teams Andrew Pitcher & Chief and Damon Wirth & George of Nebraska Task Force 1 were deployed early
Sometimes the path from shelter to Search Dog is an arduous one, with many dedicated people helping along the way.
Search Dog training at the NTC
Ojai Valley News | The Ojai-based National Disaster Search Dog Foundation got a big boost in its fundraising efforts this month
Searching in Moore, OK
Santa Barbara News-Press | Two former Santa Maria shelter dogs, Elvis and Royce, are now part of the search and rescue
Searching in Granbury, TX
SDF teams based in Nebraska and Tulsa arrived in Moore, OK early this morning to join our Oklahoma City teams
OK Search Teams huddle
Shawnee, Oklahoma - Within 2½ hours, boots and paws were on the ground searching the debris. During the past five days,

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