Emergency preparedness partners have descended upon San Francisco as Fleet Week presents a unique opportunity for disaster training, and that includes specialized K9 search and rescue units.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Emergency preparedness partners have descended upon San Francisco as Fleet Week presents a unique opportunity for disaster training.
Handler Paul Sandigo of the San Francisco Fire Department knows Cassie loves her job more than anything except for her love of his family. Cassie is part of a team of highly-skilled dogs spread out across the San Francisco Fire Department used for emergency response. For Cassie, it's a game of hide and seek. After a year of training, she learned to pick up the scents of people present and search for a missing scent that may be a person stuck below rubble.
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