Local Search Team received National Certifications

Staff report
Originally published 07:17 a.m., October 29, 2007
Updated 07:17 a.m., October 29, 2007

Several members and their canine of the Ohio Valley Search and Rescue
team recently received National Certifications from last months
testing at Harmony State Park in Posey County Indiana. The National
Association of Search and Rescue has approved seven members of OVSAR
team after a four day testing exercise that included evaluators from
NASAR coming to the Evansville area from South Carolina. These members
where tested in several areas that are required under the FEMA
Resource Typing to meet the (NIMS) National Incident Management System
criteria.

Some of the areas the canine where tested in included finding lost or
missing individuals by searching wilderness areas, tracking and
trailing techniques, and (HRD) human remains detection, formerly
called cadaver canine.

Pictured right to left.
Philip Fischer SAR TECH II from Boonville, IN and K9 Floyd-passed
Canine SAR TECH Type III Trailing also K9 Jo Bob- passed Canine SAR
TECH Type III Trailing

Lori Wassmer from Poseyville, IN completed NASAR Search and Rescue
Technician II

Patti Bartley SAR TECH II from Evansville, IN and K9 Maggie - passed
Canine SAR TECH Type III HRD with vehicle

Kim Edmister SAR TECH II from Harrisburg, IL and K9 Raina - passed
Canine SAR TECH Type III Trailing

Joey O'Neal SAR TECH II from Evansville, IN and K9 Chloe - passed
Canine SAR TECH Type III HRD with vehicle

Buffy Horstman SAR TECH II from Yankeetown, IN and K9 Cricket - passed
Canine SAR TECH Type III Wilderness Area

Cliff Weaver SAR TECH I from Evansville, IN and K9 Blizzard - passed
Canine SAR TECH Type II Wilderness Area

Ohio Valley Search and Rescue is a non-profit organization that
provides well-trained dogs, handlers and support personnel to search
for and rescue lost or missing persons within a hundred-mile radius of
Evansville.

- Gavin Lesnick

http://ovsar.org/nasarK9test.htm

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posted by
Cliff A. Weaver, Search Manager
Ohio Valley Search and Rescue
Evansville, Indiana
http://www.ovsar.org