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Special Events, Demonstrations, and Seminars This page will keep you informed of where to find us at our events! SCEM K-9 Team is available for a very limited number of special events for the Public due to our work and training schedules. Please allow us at least 4 weeks advance notice to see if we are available. Drop an email request or call (316) 942-9923 and leave a clearly stated message. We can not be responsible for misdirected phone calls and wrong numbers (has happened). We can not honor all requests. We give demonstrations for area Public Service Agencies whenever needed. Any event may be cancelled due to an active mission/weather without notice to the requesting party. Click here to visit our NEWS page, which features recent published articles or news releases.
SCEMK9 Rubble Training Facility updates August 13th, Towne West Public Safety and Health Expo- come see us in the JCP Court! A few recent events...
K-9 Clarice enjoys some attention at Storm Fair 2005! June 13th 2005, SCEMK9 members participated for a few hours at the ARC Health and Safety Fair. Photos provided by Bob Van der Bloeman, RN, EC.
Above, Mark and Stephanie visit with ARC staff at the 2005 Health and Safety Fair.
Above, Tom Hammond rewards Rici after a short search demonstration. All photos by Bob Van der Bloeman. We look forward to participating in the ARC's new building grandng in September!
The next Interested Members meeting will be Late Spring 2006. For more information on joining our team, click here. YOU are responsible for checking the web site for meeting dates and contacting Stephanie for meeting times and locations. We must know in advance if you will be attending. **RECENT EVENTS** Updated events coming soon, please be patient as we update our files! (8-10-06)
Newly Certified K-9 Teams info SCEMK9 participates in the Health and Safety Expo at Towne West Mall on August 13th! (Photos when available!) ***** SCEMK9 was asked by Butler and Sedgwick County Sheriff personnel to participate in the Kansas Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run in June of this year. Robyn Roberts was able to run various legs of the Torch Route carrying the Torch on its way to Wichita for the Summer games for these very special athletes. You can find more information on the Torch Run and find pictures at: Thank you Chuck and Brad for inviting SCEMK9 to participate! We are looking forward to it in 2006! *** 8 members of SCEMK9 attended the KS HAZ-MAT Symposium at the Sedgwick County Extension Office on Nov. 19th and participated in a Collapse Structure Awareness Class presented by Chase Sargent from VA-TF-2 in Virginia. Those 8 members are now Collapse Structure Awareness Certified and many will go on to receive their Operational and Technician Level Certifications thanks to Chief Chad Winton who is now an Instructor! Congratulations Chad!! *** Congratulations to the newest certified Wilderness search teams! See their page for more info! ***
*** Click here to go to info on the Tracking/Trailing dog certification! 11-05-04! Check out the Gallery for pictures of the recent CERT Disaster Drill in Oklahoma sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. SCEMK9 was invited with CERT Members, Sedgwick County and Wichita Fire Departments! Thanks to DeAnn Konkel and we look forward to next years drill! Check out the Gallery for photos of the recent 5th Grade Zoo Adventure for Fire Prevention Week on September 30th, 2004! SAR DAY 2004 SAR DAY 2004 was a great success on April 10, 2004. Thanks to everyone who participated, whether you were a guest or a team member! The team met many dogs and their handlers who just wanted to see what SAR was about or were interested in joining our team. We had a total of 65 dogs participate in the evaluation stations which included Obedience, Agility, Scent Work, Directional Control and Bark Alerts. We received some very positive media coverage and plan to host the event next year, but only bigger and better! There were many items we left out this year due to space constraints. We were unable to demonstrate rappelling with the dogs due to the weather and building layout, plus we were busy all day interacting with the dogs! (This will definitely be on the agenda next year!) Thanks to all of the area businesses that donated treats, toys, supplies or other items and to the Wichita Eagle, KFDI, KWCH 12, and Fox News at Nine for promoting our event and generating more interest. We look forward to working with everyone again for the next SAR DAY Adventure! BIGGER AND BETTER! Photos located in the gallery. *PAST EVENTS! (2003)* The first week of October SCEMK9 was invited to give a presentation and demonstration to the Kansas Park Law Enforcement Association's training in conjunction with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks in Cheney, Ks. 20-30 Law Enforcement Officers were in attendance from various parts of the state. SCEMK9 attended the all-day training and gave a 2-hour presentation. 6 handlers and their dogs attended. We received some gracious comments and a great lunch! We look forward to working with these two departments in the future! Sorry, we do not have photos to post of this event. JOINT TRAINING WITH THE WPD MOUNTED PATROL
This was a great time, a big thank you to Sergeant Brian Sigman for setting the training up. We look forward to more training sessions in the fall of 2004 (scheduling now!) The dogs were introduced to the horses and short searches were completed with the officers on horseback flanking for us. The dogs ignored the horses completely during the searches and each found their victims! 5 dogs and handlers attended, pictured above. Thanks to Barry Guinn for the photo. Look for more photos in the GALLERY just posted !!! SCEMK9 attended the Kansas Emergency Management Association's (KEMA) State Conference last Fall and presented a Power Point Presentation and K-9 demonstrations. You may now view the Power Point Presentation at www.kema.org. Thanks to all the handlers that attended! Check out our GALLERY PAGE for photos of recent training sessions including the Zoo Tour by the Curator of Animal Behavior and Research, Dr. Emily Weiss.
(L to R) Stephanie Guinn and WPD Mounted Officer Cundiff exchange information after a short demonstration at the 2003 Crime Free-Drug Free Day at the West YMCA. (Wichita Police Mounted Patrol) * K-9 Gunther visits with some young friends. * K-9 Angus takes handler Terrie Clark's "bumper" during a short demonstration after he found his volunteer "victim". This is Angus' wilderness alert and he then leads his handler back to the lost person. * The group shot at the end of a long but fun and successful day! (Photos by B. Guinn) *MISSIONS* No information on missions will be posted on our websit due to privacy and potential HIPPA regulations. If you need information regarding a current search operation, contact the Emergency Management Office at . Please report any broken links and send feedback to webmaster . |
Construction has begun on the Disaster K-9 Training Site Friday
November 5th, 2004! Thanks to all of those persons who were involved in the project-
we thank you! Currently the pile consists of 12-15 concealed hides as
the second phase of construction begins! A total of approximately
20 hides will be constructed! 
