SAR and water trained cadaver dogs needed in NC - Page 2

There are multiple operational and nationally certified single purpose cadaver dogs in both North Carolina and South Carolina -
 
There were cadaver dogs (and cross trained cadaver x live for shoreline) from two SC teams last week. All of those activities are properly documented with incident command.

In South Carolina alone there are 7 dogs between three teams that I know of who are both nationally certified (either NAPWDA or IPWDA) and have multiple finds each. I am actually pretty sure sure there are some more but I don't know their exact status. Four of these dogs have extensive experience on water with multiple water finds each. One of those handlers is a NAPWDA master trainer. Normally this has been enough to handle our call volume as we only respond to requests from public authorities and do not work directly for families (unless they go through their agencies to work with us)

Some are going back to do additional work. The search area is very large and the river moves a lot faster than it looks and has many rocks and strainers. The weather has been unpredictable forcing some activities to be changed. (River rises about 2 feet after a storm and speeds up)

We all have day jobs though and at some point you cannot take off for all of them or risk loosing your job.
This has been a very active spring. There has been multiple back to back calls both for live and HRD in recent weeks and live calls get first priority (even though the K9s are single purpose their handlers are not).

So, we appreicate y'all coming. Be careful. don't take unnecessary risks. You can also pray for the family and all the searchers and all the families torn apart in the recent tornados.


 http://www.shelbystar.com/news/duke-54938-reduce-energy.html 

Nancy,

I know there are a lot of really good dogs in that area (I've gotten to work with some of them) and I know how stretched you guys are.  It just always seems that these things come in bunches and tend to really stretch the resources.  Swift water (any water) is always a difficult situation.  Like your team, we work thru local agencies and with families once they've coordinate with those agencies.  My team is directly attached to our Sheriff's office even though we are all volunteers.  Coordinating with the local agencies just makes sense - it's a better use of resources and you don't waste already strained resources.

Good luck and we'll keep you in our thoughts - fingers crossed that you get a nice long "break" in the near future.

Melissa

 I do not know any details yet
A body has been pulled from the river.

 http://www.wbtv.com/story/14540906/broad-river-search-continues-bracing-for-heavy-rain

Thanks for the post Nancy. I know some K9 handler teams down in the Carolinas, and they are top-shelf. Thoughts & prayers go out to everyone (family, and SAR teams) on this recovery.