Congratulations to “Lance” and Jess Baker for passing their initial avalanche rescue certification. A new team for the State of California. Great job “Lance” and Jess. “Lance” and Jess are also members of the Placer County Sheriff Search and Rescue and Yosemite/SEKI National Parks (Yodogs) search and rescue teams. Safe […]
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Meeting with Community Groups: CalSAR and California National Guard
We want to extend a huge thank you to all those who participated in the March 17 event at Morgan Territory in Contra Costa County. We had a total of 23 CalSAR personnel, 19 community volunteers and 15 CARDA handlers in the morning (and 12 in the afternoon, some of whom […]
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Day In The Life: Avalanche Rescue Dog
Good article on training and searching with avalanche dogs. https://www.kunr.org/local-stories/2024-02-23/tahoe-avalanche-rescue-dogs
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Mock Search : Santa Cruz County
CARDA member Michelle Henderson speaks about volunteering for search & rescue with her K-9 Quinn.
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On 2/10/24, four CARDA certified scent-specific trailing teams participated in a mock search for CARDA President, Carol Shapiro, who went “missing” the prior evening. CARDA member Jeff Landre was the Incident Commander. Each trailing team was flanked by a CARDA member. The LKP is in an urban environment. SAR Topo […]
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