The Phoenixville Fire Department Canine Search and Rescue
Unit web site has moved to a new address at www.pfdk9sar.org

Larry and Sue Bulanda, with their dog Scout
and other unit members, at the Limerick tornado.

The Phoenixville Fire Department Canine Search and Rescue Unit (PFDK9SAR) provides search and rescue services in the form of trained search dog teams, search team leaders, overhead management teams, and search managers. These resources are available for use by the Borough of Phoenixville, the County of Chester, as well as surrounding counties and in special circumstances, neighboring states.

The unit provides SAR services on a year round, 24/7 basis in a region containing a wide variety of operating environments, including wilderness, rural, suburban, urban areas, as well as river, stream, and lake environs.

Typical search missions include land search for lost children, geriatrics, hikers, hunters, and others. Other missions include water searches for drowning victims, cadaver searches, and searches for suicide victims.

Spirit and Grace are two Cadaver Dogs, trained by Vi Hummel Carr, who initiated thisvery important programin Texas