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DeKalb County Search (video)

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:24:28 +0000

May 2, 2010 – Video of DeKalb County Alzheimer’s-like search:

ATSAR Featured in Hall County Magazine

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:33:59 +0000

Click the thumbnail below to read the full article

Alpha Team speaks at the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society Meeting

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:21:41 +0000

Members of the Alpha Team K9 Search and Rescue (ATSAR) team spoke about their work at the April GARS meeting. Net manager Joel Barrett, W4JOL – who also works with ATSAR – invited the team to demonstrate its K9 capabilities.

Pictured above are ATSAR members Cheryl Knieriemen, KI4SWA, document unit leader; Paul Ruszczyk, KI4ADT, team treasurer; Barney, K9, search and rescue dog; Paula Chambers, KI4LGR, team president; Stuart Samples, KG4PFQ, training coordinator; and Susie Braswell, K9SPB Public Liaison.

Braswell, also a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) member, presented slides of her work with DMAT in Haiti following the January earthquake. “The room was very quiet during her presentation,” said Sandy Jackson, KJ4DRO, program manager. “Seeing the pictures does take your breath away.”

ATSAR members discussed the different types of K9s and their abilities, ATSAR and the challenges the team faces, typical search-and-rescue and communications equipment carried in the field, and some of ATSAR’s callouts. GARS members had lots of questions, and conversations extended out into St. Marguerite’s parking lot long after the meeting ended.

Click the thumbnail below to read the article written in the GARS newsletter about our visit.

“Reprinted with permission from the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society (www.gars.org).”

Fulton County Missing Alzheimer’s Victim Rescued (video)

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:32:55 +0000

October 30, 2009-Fulton County Missing Alzheimer’s Victim Rescued:

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A south Fulton County Alzheimer’s patient spent Friday recovering at home after spending the night alone in the woods.

Search and rescue volunteers found 70-year-old Gloria Hood just before 4 a.m. after she’d been missing for nearly 12 hours.

Channel 2 Action News cameras captured crews taking Hood to the hospital after she spent the night in the woods.

“It’s been hectic. It’s been draining. It’s been terrifying,” said her son, Brian Hood.

Hood said his mother has never wandered off before. “She’s a sweetie,” he said.

Police said Hood left her Reynolds Road home about 6:15 p.m. Thursday. Her disappearance prompted an all night search from the air and on the ground.

Fulton County police called in volunteers from a group called Alpha Team K-9 Search and Rescue and within 20 minutes, a German Shepherd named Clue located her. For Hood’s family, her quick return brought quick relief.

Douglas County Flood Victim Hooper Recovered

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:30:21 +0000

September 28, 2009-Douglas County Flood Victim Hooper Recovered:

Article at CNN.Com

UGA Professor George Zinkhan Located

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:27:44 +0000

May 9, 2009- UGA Professor George Zinkhan Located (articles linked below).

“Search and rescue dogs find murderer’s body” article at Examiner.Com
“Zinkhan’s body found in grave he dug” article at AJC.Com
“Awesome Work by Alpha Team K9 Search and Rescue” article at Boortz.Com
“Zinkhan’s Body Found in Shallow Grave” video at MyFoxAtlanta.com

“Crime Lab Confirms Body is Zinkhan” video at MyFoxAtlanta.com