Canine SAR Team Members
Members...

    Sandy Vernlund - BCK9SAR "Ground Pounder" Instructor, NASAR SAR TECH II and MLPI, CERT
    Member, Certified CERT Instructor, NASAR Hug-A-Tree Presenter. AFRCC SMC Graduate. Member of
    NAPWDA, NASAR, NASDN.  NASAR K9 Committee Secretary/Communications and K9 Education
    Committee. Sandy has two operational dogs. "Shadow"  AKC CGC and certified for Area Search Non
    Scent Discrimination with NASAR Canine SARTECH II '07, NAPWDA '06,'07,'08,'09 and NASDN '07.  
    "Bodasafa"  AKC CGC is certified for Tracking/Trailing with NAPWDA '07,'08,'09 and NASDN '08.  Her
    new dog "Rowdy" is in training for HRD.



    Karen Belau - Trained "Ground Pounder", K9 Flanker. Karen works at South Dakota State University as
    a Veterinary Science Lab Technician. CERT Member.







    Mary DeLeeuw - Trained "Ground Pounder", Member of CERT and NASDN, Mary's yellow lab "Rosie"
    (AKC CGC and TDI) is certified for air scent with NASDN '08. Formerly worked as Deputy Clerk of Courts
    (Criminal Division) and past experience as Firefighter, Veterinary Technician and EMT.






    Eric Peterson - Trained "Ground Pounder". AFRCC SMC Graduate. Member of
    CERT, NASDN and NASAR. Eric's American Pit Bull Terrier "Eve", AKC CGC, is
    certified for Tracking and Trailing with NASDN '09. Eric's boxer "Emmett" is in training
    for Air Scent. Eric is Manager of Brooking's Powershop Gym and the Secretary and
    Web Master for the "Pit Rescue of the Great Plains" which helps to rescue and
    rehome Pit Bulls in need.






                
                                                   Jodi Brenden - Trained "Ground Pounder". Jodi's German Shepherd/Husky mix
                                                   "Buddy" is currently in training for tracking and trailing.





Associate Members -

    Sue Bullard - Trained "Ground Pounder". AFRCC SMC Graduate. Member NASDN and NSDA. Sue's
    Australian Shepherd/Retreiver mix named "Lucy", AKC CGC, is certified for Air Scent with NASDN '09.
    Sioux Falls, SD.






                       Rhonda Bassett - NASAR SAR TECH III. Currently has a GSD named "Gracie" who is training for
                        certification in tracking and trailing. Sioux Falls, SD.







    Kim Armstrong - Member NASDN. Member Pennington County SAR. GSD "Auri", AKC CGC, is certified
    in Trailing with NASDN '09. Rapid City, SD.








                             Marilyn Randall - Member NASDN. Currently has a GSD named "Dancer" (AKC CGC) who is
                             training for certification in tracking and trailing. Deadwood, SD.
      





                             Mitch Vilhauer - Brookings County Deputy. Mitch is our instructor for Crime Scene Preservation.








                             Bill Gilbert - Emergency Manager for Flandreau Santee SIoux Tribe and Coroner. Flandreau, SD.
                             Trained Ground Pounder.






        
                              Karen Cameron-Howell - Karen is an AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator and assists the
                              team with obedience, socialization and agility training. She also shows some very beautiful boxers.  
At a minimum...
All members of Brookings
County Search and Rescue
must also be active members of
Brookings CERT.  At a
minimum, all K9 handlers must
have completed the following
prior to deployment:
  •  First Aid Course
  •  CPR Course
  •  Canine First Aid
  •  Crime Scene
    Preservation
  •  NASAR SAR TECH III
  •  ICS 100
  •  ICS 200
All dogs must have passed their
AKC-CGC test and at least one
national certification prior to
deployment. Contact us for
complete information about
Brookings County K9 Search
and Rescue Standards.
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