Brandon Bond (CARDA member) was deployed with California Task Force 3 (FEMA) to the Los Angeles fire zones. He updates in this short informative video what the Task Force teams have been doing. Enjoy!
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Volunteers
Congratulations to Kristin Pugh: Winner of the 2024 CARDA Peabody Award
CARDA Peabody Award: This annual award recognizes an outstanding member who exemplifies what it means to be a great representative of and contributor to CARDA. All active members are eligible and any active member may submit a nomination. Nominees could be a sponsor, an evaluator, a Board Member, a handler, a dispatcher, a mentor, […]
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Congratulations to Kathy Albrecht: Winner of the 2024 CARDA Lifetime Achievement Award
CARDA Lifetime Achievement Award: This annual award also recognizes a member or members who exemplify what it means to be an outstanding CARDA member and who has also made significant contributions to CARDA’s success over an extended period of time (typically longer than 20 years). Kathy has been a member of CARDA since 2009, certifying dogs in […]
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Congratulations to Yvette Skinner for winning the California Office of Emergency Services Peabody Award
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 […]
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