Emergency Responders

Disaster dog handler — what it takes

0 by / on March 30, 2009, 7:09 pm / in Charities/Groups we support, Emergency Responders

Greetings all, One of the things I thought I would touch on is what it takes to be a search dog handler in a disaster setting.  Usually on tv or in the papers you see these people walking around with nicely trained dogs in a horrible setting and think, ‘wow, that would be cool, going out there with Fluffy to [...]

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Search dogs in the world of disasters

0 by / on March 22, 2009, 9:19 pm / in Emergency Responders, General Preparedness, Uncategorized

Greetings to all, As you think about disasters, being personally prepared is extremely important and I’m glad to see all the posts that are coming into the site. Keep in mind, many of the people you may deal with in disaster situations (including Katrina and tornadoes) are volunteers. Many people do not realize it, but 95% of the search and [...]

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