Deb's Search and Rescue Stories: SAR Directory: K9 Teams

Please contact me if you'd like to add your team or organization's link to the directory. And let me know if any information is out of date or incorrect.

If your team doesn't have a website, but you'd like to be included with an email address and contact phone number, I'll be happy to add you to the list for your state or country.

[Countries currently represented below: Austria -- Canada -- Denmark -- England -- Hungary -- Iceland -- Nepal -- Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Switzerland -- Thailand -- U.S.]

UNITED STATES

ALABAMA

Huntsville Search Dog Unit (Huntsville-Madison County): Email huntsvillesearchdogunit@gmail.com for information
Northern Alabama Search Dog Association http://www.nasdak9.org
Red Mountain Search Dog Association (Birmingham, Alabama)
www.RMSDA.org
Southwest Panhandle Search & Rescue K-9/Emotional First Aid Team http://www.swpansar.org

ALASKA

Alaska Solstice Search Dogs http://www.alaskasolsticesearchdogs.com
(email: SolsticeSearchDogs@gmail.com)
Avadogs Alaska (located in Juneau) http://www.avadogsalaska.org
MAT+SAR K9 (based in south-central Alaska in the Matanuska Valley) http://matsark9.com/
Sea Dogs (Southeast Alaska Dogs, based in Juneau) http://www.seadogs.us/

ARKANSAS

Search Dog Alliance of Arkansas http://www.sdaoar.com

ARIZONA

Arizona Search Track and Rescue (providing trained SAR dogs, handlers, and support & search management personnel) http://www.azstar.org
Maricopa K-9 Search and Rescue (located in Phoenix) http://www.maricopa-k9.com/

CALIFORNIA

California Rescue Dog Association http://www.carda.org/
Civil Air Patrol Dog Team email only: bloodhnd@cmn.net
Contra Costa County Sheriff's Search and Rescue K9 unit http://www.contracostasar.org/
Monterey Bay Search Dogs http://www.montereybaysearchdogs.org/
Squaw Valley Avalanche Dogs http://www.squawdogs.com/

COLORADO

Front Range Rescue Dogs (based in Boulder) http://www.frontrangerescuedogs.org/
K-9 Search and Rescue Team (based in Dolores) http://www.k9team.org/
Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado http://www.sardoc.org/

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut Canine Search and Rescue http://www.ccsar.org/
Disaster and Wilderness Ground Searchers, Inc. (D.A.W.G.S.) http://www.dawgs.org/
Task-9 http://www.task-9.org/

DELAWARE

DELMARVA Search and Rescue Group, K-9 Unit (serving Delaware, Maryland and Virginia) http://www.delmarvasar.org
Mason Dixon Rescue Dogs (serving northern Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware) http://www.mdrd.org/

FLORIDA

First Response Search Team (based in Leon/Jefferson counties) http://firstresponsesearchteam.weebly.com/
K-9 Search and Rescue of South Florida http://www.angelfire.com/fl/k9sarsfl/
Sarasota K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.k-9sar.net/
Search and Rescue of Central Florida K-9 Unit http://www.sarcf.net/

GEORGIA

Alpha Team K-9 Search and Rescue, Inc (serving the Southeastern U.S.) http://www.atsar.org
Central Georgia K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.centralgeorgiak9sar.com/
Dogs South K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.orgsites.com/ga/dogs-south/index.html
Piedmont Region K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.georgiasearchandrescue.com/
Southeast K-9 Search and Rescue http://southeastsar.googlepages.com/
South Georgia Search Dogs http://www.southgeorgiasearchdogs.com/
Search & Rescue Dogs of Georgia www.sardog.info

HAWAII

IDAHO

Idaho Search and Rescue Dogs, Inc. http://isard.org/
North Idaho Search Dogs http://www.northidahosearchdogs.com/
Treasure Valley Search Dogs (based in Boise) http://www.tvsearchdogs.org/

ILLINOIS

Cross Roads K-9 Search and Rescue of Illinois http://www.crsar.com/
Illinois Search Dogs http://www.illinoissearchdogs.org/
Ill-Wis Search Dogs (Illinois and Wisonsin) http://www.illwissardogs.org/march2006website_001.htm
K-9 Search, Inc. http://www.geocities.com/k9_search_inc/
Midwest K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.k9ert.org/
North Central Search and Rescue Dogs of Illinois http://www.ncsar.org/

INDIANA

Advance K-9 Search and Recovery http://www.advancek9sar.com/
Delaware County Search and Rescue http://delawarcountysar.tripod.com/index.html
Indy Mantrailing K-9 SAR, Inc. (based in Indianapolis) http://www.indymantrailingk9sar.com/
Jefferson County Search Dog Association (Serving Jefferson, Meade, and Hardin Counties in Kentucky, and the Indiana counties of Floyd, Clark, Harrison, Crawford, Washington, Scott, Orange, Jefferson, and Debois) http://www.jcsda.org
Midwest Search Dogs (Central Indiana) http://www.midwestsearchdogs.org/
North Central Indiana Search and Rescue email: nci_sar@yahoo.com for information
PawSar, Inc. (serving southern Indiana) http://www.pawsarinc.org/pawsar/default.htm
Spencer County Search and Rescue http://www.psci.net/dtbull/sar.htm
Tri-State Search and Rescue (serving Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana) http://tssar.com/home/
Vanderburgh County Canine SAR Team http://www.vsar.org/

IOWA

SAR Unit, Inc. (Serving Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska) http://www.sarunitinc.org/
Star 1 Search and Rescue (Story County) http://www.star1.org/index.htm

KANSAS

Kansas Search and Rescue Dog Association http://www.ksarda.org/
SAR Unit, Inc. (Serving Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska) http://www.sarunitinc.org/
Sedgwick County K-9 Search Team http://www.scemk9.com/

KENTUCKY

Bluegrass Search & Rescue http://www.bluegrasssar.com/
Campbell County Search and Rescue http://www.campbellcountysar.com/
Four Rivers K-9 Search, Rescue and Recovery Team (also Mounted and Dive; affiliated in Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee) http://fourriversk9team.org/
Jefferson County Search Dog Association (Serving Jefferson, Meade, and Hardin Counties in Kentucky, and the Indiana counties of Floyd, Clark, Harrison, Crawford, Washington, Scott, Orange, Jefferson, and Debois) http://www.jcsda.org
Kentucky Bloodhound Search and Rescue (Based in Hardin County) http://kybloodhound.org/default.aspx
Search One Rescue Team http://www.searchone.org/
Tri-State Search and Rescue (serving Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana) http://tssar.com/home/

LOUISIANA

Louisiana Search and Rescue Dog Team http://www.lasardogs.org/

MAINE

Maine Search and Rescue Dogs http://www.mesard.org/
VK9 Scent Specific Search and Recovery (based in Maine and Virginia; has deployed in many different states and internationally) http://www.vk9sar.org/index.html

MARYLAND

Bay Area Recovery Canines http://www.bayarearecoverycanines.com/
Bay K-9 Search and Recovery Team http://www.bayk9sar.org/
Chespeake Search Dogs http://www.chesarda.org/
DELMARVA Search and Rescue Group, K-9 Unit (serving Delaware, Maryland and Virginia) http://www.delmarvasar.org
Mason Dixon Rescue Dogs (serving northern Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware) http://www.mdrd.org/
Mid-Atlantic D.O.G.S. Search and Rescue (based in Rockville, MD) http://www.midatlanticdogs.org/Home
Search and Rescue Dogs of Maryland http://www.sardom.org/
Thurmont K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.thurmontk9sar.org/

MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Canine Response Team http://www.macrt.net/

MICHIGAN

Headwaters Search and Rescue K-9 (serving Wisconsin and Upper Michigan) http://www.hsark9.org/
K-9 One http://www.k-9one.org/
Mid-Michigan Working Dogs, K-9 Search and Recovery (Based in Sheridan, Montcalm County) http://www.midmichiganworkingdogs.com/

MINNESOTA

Central Lakes Search and Rescue (postal address is Garfield, MN; respond throughout the upper Midwest) http://www.centrallakessar.org/
Minnesota Search and Rescue Dog Association http://www.minnsarda.com/
Northern States SAR Dog Association http://www.nssdn.net/

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

Canine Search and Rescue Association (based in St. Louis)http://www.searchk9team.com/
Gateway Search Dogs, Inc (Based in St. Louis, serving Missouri and the mid- and SW area of Illinois) http://www.gatewaysearchdogs.org
Missouri Search and Rescue K-9 http://www.missourisearchandrescue.com/
Monroe City K-9 Search and Rescue www.mck9sar.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mck9sar
North Central Missouri K-9 Search and Rescue http://searchdogs.homestead.com/
SAR Unit, Inc. (Serving Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska) http://www.sarunitinc.org/
Show Me Search and Rescue K-9 Team http://showmek9.homestead.com/
Snow Alley Search and Recovery (SASAR): NAPWDA Certified/HRD www.snowalleysearchandrecovery.org
St. Charles Search and Rescue K-9 Unit http://www.scsark9.com/

MONTANA

Absaroka Search Dogs http://www.absarokasearchdogs.org/
Clark Fork-Bitterroot Search Dogs http://people.montana.com/~dtirmen/

NEBRASKA

SAR Unit, Inc. (Serving Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska) http://www.sarunitinc.org/

NEVADA

Wilderness Finders Search Dog Team--"WOOF" (most calls are to Nevada and California, but the team responds throughout the U.S.) http://www.searchdogs.com/

NEW HAMPSHIRE

New England K-9 Search and Rescue (NH and VT) http://www.nek9sar.org/

NEW JERSEY

Ramapo Search and Rescue http://www.ramaporescuedog.org/
West Jersey K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.westjerseyk9.org/

NEW MEXICO

Mountain Canine Corps (based in Los Alamos) http://www.mc2sar.org/
Sandia Search Dogs (based in Albuquerque) http://pages.swcp.com/ssd/

NEW YORK

Champlain Valley K-9 Unit http://www.champlainvalleyk9unit.com/
K9 SAR Cert http://www.k9sarcert.org/
Kinzua Search Dogs/Nitro Golden Retrievers (serving NY and PA) http://www.madbbs.com/users/nitrogoldens/search.html
SARRT Search and Rescue Response Team (based in the Capital region) http://www.sarrt.org/training/k9-sar/

NORTH CAROLINA

Brunswick Search and Rescue Team http://www.brunswicksar.org/
North Carolina Search and Rescue Dog Association http://www.ncsarda.org/
North Carolina Canine Emergency Response Team http://www.nccert.org/
Wake Canine Search and Rescue (based in Raleigh) http://www.wcsar.net/

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

Buckeye SAR Dogs http://www.buckeyesardogs.org
K-9 Response Search and Rescue http://www.k9response.org/
K-9 S.O.S. Search and Rescue (serving eastern Ohio, western PA and surrounding areas) http://www.k9sosinc.org/
Midwest K9 Search Unit http://midwestk9searchunit.org/
Tri-State Search and Rescue (serving Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana) http://tssar.com/home/

OKLAHOMA

Pathfinder Search and Rescue (based in Oklahoma City) http://www.pathfindersar.org/

OREGON

NorthWest Search Dogs (Oregon and southwest Washington) http://www.nwsdk9s.org/
Oregon K-9 Search Teams (members of and affiliated with the Yamhill County Sheriff SAR Team) http://www.ok9st.org/ok9st/
Search One K-9 Detection http://www.searchonek9.org/

PENNSYLVANIA

Canine Aided Emergency Search and Rescue (serving western PA) http://www.caesarinc.org/
Chinook Bloodhounds Search and Rescue http://members.tripod.com/chinookbloodhounds/index.html
K-9 S.O.S. Search and Rescue (serving eastern Ohio, western PA and surrounding areas) http://www.k9sosinc.org/
Mason Dixon Rescue Dogs (serving northern Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware) http://www.mdrd.org/
Middle Creek K9 Search and Rescue (South central PA) http://www.midsar.org/
Northeast Search and Rescue K-9 Unit http://www.nesar.org/
Northwest Pennsylvania K9 Search and Rescue (covering six counties) http://www.nwpak9sar.org/
Red Rose K-9 Search and Rescue (Lancaster County) http://www.redrosek9.com/index.php
Search and Rescue Dogs of Pennsylvania http://www.sardogs.org/
Somerset Tactical Search Team (Ground and K9 SAR) http://www.stsearch.org/
Specialty Dog Unit (southeastern PA) http://www.angelfire.com/pa4/SpecialtyDogUnit/
Strike K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.strikek9.org/

RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island Canine Search and Rescue http://www.ricsar.org/
Rhode Island K-9 Response Team (website under construction)

SOUTH CAROLINA

South Carolina Search and Rescue Dog Association http://www.scsarda.org/
S.T.A.R.R. Team (Search Tactics and Rescue/Recovery) http://www.starrsearchteam.com/

SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota Search Dog Association http://www.sdsrda.org/

TENNESSEE

Bloodhound SAR http://www.bloodhoundsar.com/index.html
Nashville K-9 http://www.nashvillek9.com/Rescue.htm
Southeast K9 Search and Rescue (based in Tennessee but deploy all over the southeast) http://www.southeastk9sar.org/

TEXAS

Blacksun Search and Rescue Canine Team (San Antonio) http://www.blacksunrb.com/SAR.htm
Cen-Tex Search and Rescue (based in Bryan, TX) http://www.rothcala.com/CenTexSAR.html
K-9 Search and Rescue of Texas (serving Houston and surrounding communities) http://www.k9sartx.org/
K9 Specialty Detection / Forensic Human Remains Detection Specialists (email only) Bodydetectork9@yahoo.com
Mark-9 Search and Rescue (in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area) http://www.mark9.org/
Search Dog Network (based in Bryan, TX) http://www.searchdog.org/
South Texas K9 Search and Rescue http://www.southtexask9sar.com/
Special K-9s (based in Woodlands, TX, but will travel nationwide) http://www.special-k9s.org/
Texas Bloodhound Search and Rescue (serving TX and surrounding states) http://www.portarthur.com/tbsar/index.html
Texas Response Unit Search & Rescue (K-9 team) http://www.TRUSAR.org
Van Zandt County Bloodhound Team http://www.members.tripod.com/v.z.c.b.t/

UTAH

American Search Dogs http://www.angelfire.com/ut/ASD/index.html
Avalanche Rescue Dogs World (Westside Avalanche Network) http://www.avalanche.org/%7edoghouse/1%201%20RUFF%202001/
Great Basin K-9 SAR (based in Ogden, UT, and work throughout UT, WY, MT, ID and NV) http://greatbasink-9sar.org/home
Rocky Mountain Rescue Dogs http://www.rockymountainrescuedogs.net/

VERMONT

Vermont Search and Rescue K9 http://www.vsark9.org/
New England K-9 Search and Rescue (NH and VT) http://www.nek9sar.org/

VIRGINIA

Blue and Gray Search and Rescue Dogs (based in Harrisonburg, VA) bgsardogs.org
DELMARVA Search and Rescue Group, K-9 Unit (serving Delaware, Maryland and Virginia) http://www.delmarvasar.org
DOGS-East Search and Rescue (serving primarily the Mid-Atlantic Region and on-call for natural disasters in the continental U.S.) http://www.dogseast.com/
Greater Atlantic Rescue Dogs (based in Chesapeake, VA) http://www.gardk9.org/
K-9 Alert--Search and Rescue Dogs, Inc. http://www.k9alert.org/
Virginia Search Dog Association http://www.vsrda.org/
VK9 Scent Specific Search and Recovery (based in Maine and Virginia; has deployed in many different states and internationally) http://www.vk9sar.org/index.html

WASHINGTON

Alpental Back Country Avalanche Rescue K-9 (B.A.R.K.) http://threedouglass.com/avalanchebark/index.html
Avalanche Dogs in Washington State http://www.comdens.com/SAR/
German Shepherd Search Dogs of Washington State http://www.gssd.org/
Inland Empire Bloodhounds Search and Rescue http://www.inlandempirebloodhounds.com/
Justice Search Dogs email only: tweediej@eburg.com
King County Search Dogs http://www.kcsearchdogs.org/
Kittitas County Search and Rescue K-9 Team http://www.kittitassar.org/index.php
Mantrackers and Search Dogs email only: woolftrax@aol.com
NorthWest Search Dogs (Oregon and southwest Washington) http://www.nwsdk9s.org/
Snohomish County Volunteer SAR K9 Team http://scvsark9.org/

WEST VIRGINIA

Barbour CountyTactical Search and Recovery Team http://www.bctsrt.com/
Wolverine K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.wolverinek9sar.org/

WISCONSIN

911BC K9 Search and Recovery (based in Dousman) http://www.911bc.org
Great Lakes Search and Rescue K-9, Inc. GLSARK-9.org
Headwaters Search and Rescue K-9 (serving Wisconsin and Upper Michigan) http://www.hsark9.org/
Ill-Wis Search Dogs (Illinois and Wisconsin) http://www.illwissardogs.org/march2006website_001.htm
K-9 Emergency Response Teams (based in Fox Valley; will travel throughout the upper Midwest) http://kert.synthasite.com/
People and Paws Search and Rescue (based in Milwaukee) http://www.peopleandpaws.org/
Wisconsin Interstate Search and Recovery K-9 Team (Wisark9) http://www.wisark9.org/
Wisconsin K9SOS Search and Rescue http://www.k9sos.org
Wolf River K-9 Search and Rescue http://www.wolfsar.org/
Wisconsin Mounted Search and Rescue: a non profit based in based in Grand Marsh, Wausau and Adams, Wisconsin

WYOMING

Northwest K9 Search and Recovery http://www.nwk9sar.com

OTHER SEARCH DOG ASSOCIATIONS

International K-9 Search and Rescue Services http://www.k9sardog.com/
Mid-Atlantic D.O.G.S. Search and Rescue http://www.midatlanticdogs.org/
North American Search Dog Network http://www.nasdn.org/
Northern States Search Dog Network http://www.nssdn.net/
SAR-Dog (an online community) http://www.sardog.org/
Search Dog Foundation http://www.searchdogfoundation.org/98/html/index.html

INTERNATIONAL K-9 TEAMS & ASSOCIATIONS
on the web

AUSTRIA

International Rescue Dog Organisation http://www.iro-dogs.org/index.php?lang=2

CANADA

Advanced Tactical Training Search & Rescue, canine unit http://attsar.ca/index.html
British Columbia Search Dog Association http://www.bcsearchdog.org/
Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association http://www.carda.bc.ca/
Canadian Search and Disaster Dog Association (based in Alberta with teams in various parts of Alberta and BC) http://www.casdda.com
Ottawa Valley Search and Rescue Dogs Association http://www.ovsarda.on.ca/
Search and Rescue Dog Association of Alberta http://www.sardaa.ca/

DENMARK

Nordic Police Dog Union http://home3.inet.tele.dk/nphu/

ENGLAND

National Search and Rescue Dog Association (an umbrella org.) http://www.nsarda.org.uk/
Lowland Search Dogs (West Sussex) http://www.lsdogs.org.uk/
Search and Rescue Dog Association of Wales http://www.sardawales.org.uk/

HUNGARY