Donna Larson (above), of New England K9 Search and Rescue and her search dog Eli, look from a bridge in Wardsboro, Vt. Sunday April 13, 2008 during the search for Grace Waring, 2, who disappeared with her Mother Nicole Waring, 40, of Wolcott, Vt. and sibling Dakota, 6. The bodies of Nicole and Dakota were found in the Wardsboro Brook, Saturday, April 12 after Nicole jumped into the water when approached by a Vermont State Trooper. Rescue agencies from throughout Vermont were actively involved in the search. An unnamed officer from the Vermont Department of Fish and Game walks in the background. (Text and photo from Associated Press.)
Colchester Technical Rescue workers search the Wardsboro Brook along Route 100 in Wardsboro, Vermont. (Photo: Cassandra Hotaling / Rutland Herald)
NEK-9 Handler Mike Halpin and his K-9 partner
Sadie were the team who found the missing 87 year-old
subject in Bradford VT on 3/7/08. (Photo by Lt.
Jocelyn Stohl, Vermont State Police.)
Members of NEK-9, their airscent dogs, and seachers from the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team hitch a ride on a NH Fish & Game truck on their way to assigned search areas during the search for lost hunter Russell Bussiere (photo below, right).
Photo (above, left) by Ken Williams,
Concord Monitor
NH Fish & Game Conservation Officer Jim Kneeland leads a group of volunteers looking for Bussiere.
New England K-9 SAR fielded 6 airscent dog teams for this search. We were activated at 1:15 pm and began searching at 4 PM. The subject was located by a NEK-9 SAR dog team at 6:12 pm.
New England K-9 SAR fielded 8 airscent teams for this search. We were activated at 3:30 am Saturday, 6/16/07. Teams began searching at 6 am and worked woods and river edges for 3½ hours before the subject was located 1¼ miles from the PLS by construction workers.
NH Fish & Game Department
Gives Lifesaving Award to
New England K-9 SAR
"Throughout our long standing relationship, the dedicated members
of your organization have played an instrumental
role in supporting our Agency's important
search & rescue responsibilities."
Click here to open the PDF file with the entire text
of the Lifesaving Medal presentation letter
Concord NH, May 16, 2007 -- Presenting the Lifesaving Medal to NEK-9 SAR is Colonel Jeffrey Gray (right) Chief of Law Enforcement for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Representing NEK-9 SAR are (left to right) Paula Harper, Jeanne Menard, and president Nancy Lyon.
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