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Annette Gaston-- Director of KSARDA & K9 Greta

Annette has decades of experience in Public Safety and 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 and is now working as a vet tech in a veterinary hospital in her community. Annette has been on numerous searches with Greta, including a very memorable one where they helped locate a victim who had been missing for 5 days. Annette also works her second dog Jaeger who is proving to be ably following in Greta's very big footsteps.

~ K9 Greta's Bio ~

Operational in Wilderness, Water, Disaster, Trailing
NASAR K9 SARTECH III Area Search, Trailing III, HRD III

Edwardsville
K9 Greta successfully locates a live victim during a search in northeast Kansas, 5 days after the person was reported missing.

Greta is a German Shepherd and has been a member of KSARDA since 1998. She became operational in 1999 in Wilderness Search and followed with certifications in Water and Disaster Search. She is also certified in Trailing/scent-discrimination search and Human Remains Detection. Greta has participated in many searches with Annette including tornado victims, walk-away victims, and drowning victims. Greta was honored for her live-find as Miss December 2004 in the Advanstar Veterinary Healthcare Calendar!

~ K9 Jaeger's Bio ~

Operational in Wilderness
NASAR K9 SARTECH I Area Search, Trailing II, Disaster Responder
Training in Water, HRD, Disaster HRD

Ks Search & Rescue Dog Assoc - Contact Info
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Jennifer Thill,
Deputy Director
Southern Region
Annette Gaston,
Director
Mary Meek,
Deputy Director 
Northern Region
E-Mail:  jthill3@cox.net E-Mail:  bngsar@earthlink.net E-Mail:  marysar@cox.net
    Cell:  316-706-6226
Home:  913-592-2985
Home:  785-286-3397
Pager:  316-577-0301 Cell:  913-484-9291 Cell:  785-249-7127

All Services Are Provided Free Of Charge
Call Out Numbers (for Emergency Agency Use Only):


 (785) 575-2237 Northern Region
(316) 631-8706 Southern Region

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