Please join us in congratulating Yvette Skinner for being awarded the 2024 Larry Peabody Award at this year’s SAREX. Yvette was nominated for this award by Celeste Fowler, Assistant Chief with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Yvette shares her response to receiving this honor: What an honor! At this […]
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Lost and Found: On the Front Lines with a Search and Rescue Trailing Dog
By Cat McBride (with permission from Bay Woof) You’re woken up at 2 a.m. by an emergency alert blaring from your phone. You roll over and check the message: immediate callout for two trailing K9 teams to respond to a search for a missing 6-year-old in Los Gatos. You respond […]
Read MoreNational Search and Rescue Week: May 16 – 22
Honored to be a part of the California Office of Emergency Services canine resource team. National Search and Rescue Week takes place on May 16 – 22, 2024 and Cal OES recognizes all search and rescue (SAR) responders and unique task force teams who dedicate their lives to help locate […]
Read MoreCertification News: “Java” and Yvette Skinner
Congratulations to “Java” and Yvette Skinner for passing their large source cadaver (C2) recertification test. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. “Java” and Yvette are also members of Marin County Sheriff Search and Rescue and Napa County Sheriff Search and Rescue. Safe searching, CARDA
Read MoreCertification News: “Canyon” and Ember DeLannoy
Congratulations to “Canyon” and Ember for passing their human remains detection recertification test. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. “Canyon” and Ember are also members of the Riverside County Sheriff Search and Rescue team. Safe searching, CARDA
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