Thanks to one of KSARDAs contacts, our disaster teams have been extremely fortunate to be able to train in a mobile home park slated for demolition in the state. The team will travel to this locale and train for disaster there until it is demolished. KSARDA is very happy to have this opportunity to train at such a realistic setting, as most disaster searches in the state and surrounding states are for missing individuals after a tornado. KSARDA has been on multiple searches for tornado victims in it's 10 year history and this provides a more realistic training area for those search situations than the concrete rubble. Watch as the teams progress through their training in future photos in this section.

The dogs must learn to source the victims scent through all of this to be successful and alert where the strongest scent is located. Locales such as this abandoned mobile home park give the KSARDA teams a nice simulation to prepare for when the next natural disaster occurs. The K9s have done a great job, even in their first training at this park because they are already certified search dogs who have gone through years of training with their handlers.

The handlers have a tough time giving the dogs challenging problems since they have succeeded so well thus far, but with each training, more variables will be thrown in and the problems increasing in difficulty. Watch for more Mobile Home Search photos to be added as the training progresses.