PA DCNR FTL, PA DCNR Air Scent K9 Specialist, NASAR SARTECH II, NSAR K9 SARTECH III Area Search, Wilderness SAR Managing Search Operations, Rope/High Angle Rescue I,SAR Dog 1st Aid, Ropes Rigging RORE, SAR 1st Responder WRSR, Wilderness Grid WR
Brenda is our team K9 Coordinator and brings many years of K9 training and a background in veterinary medicine to the VSAR K9 Unit. Brenda enjoys spending as much of her time as is possible working with her K9 partners Okie and Blue and helping other handlers to acheive their goals. She has been involved in search and rescue for a number of years now having helped several handlers and their dogs to acheive certification. Brenda and K9 Oklahoma were the first K9 team in the state to challenge and successfully complete the new more comprehensive PA DCNR Air Scent K9 Peformance Expectation Guidelines in March 2007. She is a founding member of the VSAR team and has served as it's President since VSAR's inception. ADDITIONAL TRAINING CPR/AED basic 1st aid, Wilderness Extrication, Wilderness Survival Basics, Collapsed Structure I II, PA C.E.R.T. member, PA C.A.R.T. member, NIMS 100, 200 700, 800, Ice Rescue, PA-DCNR K9 Air Scent Specialist Evaluator