Annette has been a member of KSARDA since 1998. She is a certified SARTECH II. Annette has been serving as KSARDA Director since 2005 following her stint as the Northern Region Deputy Director. She is a KSARDA Training Officer, Evaluator, and SAR Manager. In addition to being a Lifetime Member of NASAR, she is a NASAR SARTECH Evaluator and NASAR K9 SARTECH Evaluator.

Annette is a retired paramedic with 30 years of experience in public safety. She holds the following NASAR certifications: SARTECH II, SARTECH I in Area and Trailing, Disaster-Live, Still Water and HRD III-Land. Annette is a NASAR Lead Evaluator for SARTECH II and III and for Canine SARTECH III Area and Tracking/Trailing. She is an evaluator for Canine SARTECH II and I for Area and Tracking/Trailing, Disaster-Live, and HRD-Land. Annette is the Lead K9 Representative for the Kansas State USAR Team and is a member of the KC Metro USAR Team. She is also a presenter of the Lost But Found, Safe and Sound program and Survive program.

Annette has taken many FEMA courses and has attended numerous SAR-related seminars, including with noted Canadian police and SAR-Dog trainer Kevin George of Sentry Dogs, Ltd.

  ~ K9 Greta's Bio ~ Operational in Wilderness, Water, Disaster, Trailing
NASAR K9 SARTECH III Area Search, Trailing III, HRD III

K9 Greta - Edwardsville Live Find - May 2000

Operational in Area, Trailing, Disaster/Collapsed Structure (KC Metro USAR), Water-Land HRD-Land. NASAR Canine SARTECH III in Area and Trailing & HRD III-Land. She has been deployed for numerous searches since 1999 to include tornado strikes in Parsons, Hoisington, Kansas City, Greensburg, Chapman and the Emporia Turnpike Flood.   ~ K9 Jaeger Meister's Bio ~ Operational in Wilderness, Trailing, Disaster & Water-Land-Disaster HRD
NASAR K9 SARTECH I Area Search, Trailing I, Disaster Responder, Disaster HRD, Water HRD Type II, Land HRD Type III  K9 Jaeger Meister is operational in Area, Trailing, Disaster/Collapsed Structure (KC Metro USAR), & Water-Land-Disaster HRD. NASAR Canine SARTECH I in Area and Trailing, Disaster-Live, Disaster-HRD, Still Water, HRD III-Land.  He has been deployed on several searches to include the tornado strike in Chapman.

For More Information About KSARDA, Please Contact: info@ksarda.org

Vicki Walton, Deputy Director Southern Region	Annette Gaston, Director	Russell Pugh, Deputy Director  Northern Region
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