TRI-County K-9 Search Team

About our Team

At TRI-County K-9 Search Team, we train twice weekly as a unit.  Our handlers also work with their dogs on an individual daily basis.  Our dogs go through basic and advanced obedience and agility in addition to their search training.  Our dogs are trained as trailing dogs.  Our trailing training has three levels the dogs must complete before becoming operational.  We currently have dogs at all three levels of training as well as operational dogs.  We also have canines trained in HRD and water detection.

All of our handlers are required to attend at a minimum wilderness search responder, basic first Aid and CPR.  We have members certified as Emergency Medical Technician's and Paramedic's.  We also currently have one Search Manager available as well.

TRI-County K-9 Search Team is dispatched through our parent organization Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services.  We are capable of having one or two dogs on scene within 30 minutes of dispatch and the remainder of the team on scene within one hour of dispatch.

We currently have 3 personnel certified a NASAR SARTech III, 8 personnel certified as DCNR FTM, 2 Personnel certified as DCNR FTL, 5 Emergency Medical Technician's, 2 Paramedic's, 5 Wilderness EMT's, and 1 Search Manager.