In Memory of

Kae Baker Skala

Team Member and Friend

(click to read full memorial)

Welcome to the website for K9 Search and Rescue Team Inc! Please take the time to browse through our site - if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email us!

Located in Dolores, Colorado, K-9 Search and Rescue Team Inc. is a non-profit, 100% volunteer organization that is on call twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, regardless of weather conditions or circumstances, to assist local, state, and federal agencies in the search for missing persons.

The Team has been asked to respond to wilderness, water, snow, urban, evidence, homicide, aircraft, and disaster-type searches, providing assistance to 11 states all over the US including Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Alaska, California, Idaho, and Texas.

 

K9 TEAM IS CHOSEN TO FIELD TEST THERMAL IMAGING DEVICE

Image courtesy of Insight Technology Inc.   K9 Search and Rescue Team has been chosen to field test the Mini-Thermal Imager (MTM) made by Insight Technology Inc. in New Hampshire. The hand-held thermal imager provides stationary man-sized target detection performance over 400 meters. The Team has been asked to field test and give feedback to Insight Technology regarding its capabilities in the snow and low temperatures of Colorado. The unit is waterproof to 66' and with accessories, allows for still and video capture.

NEWS UPDATE: 12/8/09: K9 holds its Annual Meeting

On Thursday, January 7th, the Team held its Annual Meeting at the Doghouse, to complete regular monthly business, set new annual goals, elect officers, and vote on annual action items.

NEWS UPDATE: 11/28/09: K9 Search and Rescue Team's 25th Anniversary highlighted in the Dolores Star and Cortez Journal

Our 25th anniversary has been highlighted in the Dolores Star and the Cortez Journal - to read this article, click here.

MISSION NEWS: Mission 390-09-14 12/4/09: Gila Wilderness Area, NM Search for Missing Hiker

The K9 team responded to a request from New Mexico State Police to assist in the search for a missing hiker missing for a week with his dog. The man was located on 12/4/09 and was suffering from extreme hypothermia and unconscious as medical teams tried to slowly warm his body. He was being treated at University Medical Center.