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08JAN2015: Updated ARDA Standards and evaluation forms are now online

SARDOM (ARDA-MD) K9 made a find after responding to a request from the Annapolis City police.
06 JAN 2015 - WMAR TV, ABC 2

VSRDA (ARDA-VA) was honored to offer numerous resources over multplie days in the search for Hannah Graham.
25 OCT 2014

VSRDA (ARDA-VA) 2-members of VSRDA with VATF-1 are deploying to Washingston state.
03 APRIL 2014

SARDOM (ARDA-MD) responded to a request for this search sending two K9 units with 2 flankers.
21 MARCH 2014 - MBAL TV, News 11

SARDI (ARDA-IL) setup a booth at the International Kennel Club in Chicago.
22 FEB 2014

MDRD (ARDA-MD) trained with the US Coast Guard, Rawlinsville FD, Quarryville FD and Conestoga FD with helicopters.
17 FEB 2014

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  • VSRDA (ARDA-VA) 4-members certified their K9s as FEMA disaster resources!
    10 JUNE 2013
  • Elderly missing man found alive
    31 MAY 2013 - WMTW News 8
  • Missing man walks up to news crew reporting on … missing man
    29 MAY 2013 - My Fox Twin Cities
  • Local Rescue Dogs Take a Break From Work to See Stamp Unveiling
    22 JAN 2012 - FairfaxCityPatch.com/
  • VSRDA (ARDA-VA) certified 2 new teams in 1 day, to bring the total operational K9 units to 14!!!
    03 JAN 2012 - www.vsrda.org
  • ARDA sends 3 K9 teams (with VATF1) in response to Hurricane Irene
    30 AUG 2011 - www.vatf1.org/
  • Slideshow (ARDA-VA) assists in search for missing after a Tornado hit Glade Spring, VA
    29 APR 2011 - HamptonRoads.com
  • Both MDRD and SARDOM (ARDA-MD teams) assisted in search for missing Baltimore teenager.
    10 APR 2011 - Elkridge.patch.com
    10 APR 2011 - baltimoresun.com
  • HSAR (ARDA-WI) assists in the search for missing 15yo girl
    24 MAR 2011 - My Fox Twin Cities
  • HSAR (ARDA-WI) assists in the search for missing 15yo girl
    24 MAR 2011 - My Fox Twin Cities
  • Video Crucial role of rescue dogs in Japan
    21 MAR 2011 - CNN
  • Video Snow Complicates Rescue Efforts by VATF1
    16 MAR 2011 - CNN
  • Rescue Team Finds Bodies, Snow in Ofunato
    16 MAR 2011 - Fairfax City Patch
  • Video VATF1 landing in Japan.
    15 MAR 2011 - YouTube
  • ARDA members with Fairfax Rescue Team Starts Operations in Japan
    14 MAR 2011 - Fairfax City Patch
  • VATF1 assigned to Onufato, Japan to begin searching
    14 MAR 2011 - Stars and Stripes
  • Slideshow Fairfax Search and Rescue Team Arrives in Japan
    14 MAR 2011 - Fort Hunt Patch.com
  • Lynchburg firefighter helps search for earthquake, tsunami victims
    14 MAR 2011 - News Advance.com
  • ARDA members with VATF1 deploy for Japan
    12 MAR 2011 - Bellehaven.patch.com
  • Oxygen Masks for Animals Now in Fire Trucks and Rescue Units in Honor of Fallen K9
    15 AUG 2010 - News Advance
  • ARDA-PA Chuck with K-9 Falco assist police in a HRD find.
    "I can tell you without the use of this dog, we would not have been able to find this body." -West Goshen Police Department Chief Michael J. Carroll
    27 JUNE 2010 - Chester County Local News
  • VATF-2 FEMA K9 dies after training accicent
    08 JUN 2010 - Hampton Roads.com
    Video VATF-2 FEMA K9
    08 JUN 2010 - News Channel 3
  • ARDA-VA - Teresa MacPherson with K-9 Georgia and Jennifer Massey with K-9 Atticus successfully pass the FEMA disaster dog certification evaluation.
    15 MAY 2010
  • Video - ARDA-VA K9 makes a find in Franklin Co, VA.
    21 MAR 2010 - WSLS2 News
  • Video - ARDA-VA assists in the search for a missing VCU student
    08 MAR 2010 - WRIC Richmond
  • Video - Fox News of DC interviewed a ARDA-VA member as she returned home with more than 100 VA-TF1 rescue workers from Haiti.
    28 JAN 2010 - Fox News DC
  • Video - Cadaver dogs aid in search for body of missing Roanoke toddler
    21 JAN 2010 - Roanoke Times
  • ARDA had 3 canine teams deployed to Haiti as members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team. The USAR team rescued 16 people over a 15-day deployment.
    19 JAN 2010
  • Dogs Assist in Rescue of 2yo Girl
    18 JAN 2010 - CBS News
  • Raw Video - ARDA-MD Dog working in Haiti
    14 JAN 2010 - AP
  • ARDA-VA Dog Team Readies for Haiti
    14 JAN 2010 - WJLA-ABC 7
  • Training Rescued Dogs to become the Rescuers
    11 NOV 2009 - USA Today
  • SARDOM (ARDA-MD) K9 assisted in finding bodies
    17 JUNE 2009 - My Fox DC
  • Missing girl found by K9 in woods near home
    25 MAY 2009 - Freelance Star
    **story misquote - a team from K-9 Alert, had the find.
  • Free Eye exams for working dogs
    11 MAY 2009 - Baltimore Sun
    **video includes Cooper & Sirius, ARDA-VA dogs.
  • Missing Hiker Found
    02 MAY 2009 - WSLS, VA
    **video includes Cooper, ARDA-VA dog.
  • South City rescue dog stays on top of her game
    12 APR 2009 - San Francisco Examiner
  • Maryland ARDA Dog Finds Man after Snowstorm
    02 MAR 2009 - ABC2news.com
  • Keen K-9s: A look at the life of a search dog
    01 MAR 2009 - Coloradoan
  • Lake Tahoe SAR Lab Finds Lost Couple in Snowstorm
    16 FEB 2009 - Tahoe Bonanza
  • CES Department gets first search and rescue dog
    15 FEB 2009 - Peninsula Clarion, AK
  • Virginia earns top score on disaster readiness
    09 DEC 2008 - WVEC.com
  • Searchers find missing 3-yo alive!
    09 DEC 2008 - CBS12.com
  • Search dog finds wife's body, police arrest husband
    18 NOV 2008 - WEAU-13-News.com
  • Search dog finds climber missing 5 days on Mt. Adams
    18 OCT 2008 - Seattle Times
  • Cadvaer Dogs Search 3-year old Crime Scene
    18 OCT 2008 - News10 in CA.
  • Dutch search dogs working in China
    29 MAY 2008 - china.org.cn
  • Pacemaker extends career of search-and-rescue dog
    29 MAY 2008 - KY3 News
  • Manson Ranch Focus of Search for Bodies
    22 MAY 2008 - NPR.org
  • Search in Shenandoah National Park continues
    07 APR 2008 - WHSV.com
  • FVSU campus provides tough test for tracking dogs
    08 APR 2008 - Macon.com
  • California Canines: Dogs with Jobs exhibit
    16 MAR 2008 - Sacramento Bee
  • Dogs that lead the way in mountain rescue
    15 MAR 2008 - TheHerald.co.uk
  • UK 'Sniffer Dogs' finding children's remains
    28 FEB 2008 - Guardian.co.uk
  • Yellow Lab air scents mosquito-ridden waters
    26 FEB 2008 - ContraCostaTimes.com
  • Rescue dogs are nothing to be sniffed at
    25 FEB 2008 - DelawareOnline.com
  • Search Dog Missing
    25 FEB 2008 - EdmontonSun.com

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    1. ARDA Weekend 2008: Back to Basics
    2. ARDA-MD Provides Assistance in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
    3. ARDA-NJ Called to Look for Ellenville Drowning Victim
    4. ARDA-IL Searches for Missing Boater
    5. ARDA-NJ Finds Body in Torched Building
    6. MDRD Members Complete 60-Hour Wilderness First Responder Course
    7. ARDA-MD Members Attend Fundamentals of Search and Rescue Class
    8. ARDA-PA Search for Potential Suicide Victim
    9. Prince William Forst Park Mock Search
    10. ARDA-IL Attends IKC for the Fifth Consecutive Year
    11. ARDA-NJ Responds to NYS Federation of SAR Teams
    12. ARDA-NJ Searches for Missing Visitor from Ireland
    13. ARDA-IL Clears Lake County Forest Preserve
    14. ARDA-MD Searches for Missing Turkey Hunter
    15. ARDA-WI Attends Missing Children Training
    16. "Being Lost is no Fun" Training for Third Graders
    17. Mason-Dixon Purchases New Base Camp
    18. ARDA Marches in the 55th Presidential Inaugural Parade
    19. ARDA-MD Deployed in Successful Water Recovery
    20. ARDA-NJ Searches for Missing Man on Breakneck Ridge
    21. Boy Scout Troop Joins Forces with ARDA-IL for Mock Search

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