Our Team Members:
Chief Jason Schweickert K9-7
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Jason Schweickert comes to the Unit as the Chief and handler for Nikita, a 6 year old female German Shepherd and Hannah a 1 and half year old female German Shepard. 9 years on the Search and Rescue He holds Certificates in : First Aid/CPR/AED, Blood Borne Pathogens K9 Pet Tech First Aid and CPR. FEMA : IS-00100.b IS-00200.b IS-00700.a IS-00800.b IS-00005.a (Hazmat awareness). SKYWARN OSF Life Flight Certified for Landing Zone Safety. Certified Low angle Rappelling Naloxone (Narcan) Firefighter Basic 16 years Emergency Medical Technician 5 years Firefighter 1 year Fire Lietenant 1 year Fire Captain |
LT Olivia Jesse - K9-2
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Olivia Jesse comes to the Unit as the Lieutentant and the handler of Helo, a 10-year-old male German Shepherd who has now retired from service. 9 years on the Search and Rescue She holds Certificates in : First Aid/CPR/AED, Blood Borne Pathogens K9 Pet Tech First Aid and CPR. FEMA : IS-00100.b IS-00200.b IS-00700.a IS-00800.b IS-00005.a (Hazmat awareness). SKYWARN OSF Life Flight Certified for Landing Zone Safety. Naloxone (Narcan) 5 years Emergency Medical Technician CNA Phlebotomy Tracking with K-9 Helo 8 years Firefighter |
Joann Schweickert - K9-8
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Joann Schweickert comes to the Unit and serves as Human Resources and the handler of Britta a 1.5 year-old female German Shepherd. 9 years on the Search and Rescue She holds Certificates in : First Aid/CPR/AED, Blood Borne Pathogens K9 Pet Tech First Aid and CPR. FEMA : IS-00100.b IS-00200.b IS-00700.a IS-00800.b IS-00005.a (Hazmat awareness). SKYWARN OSF Life Flight Certified for Landing Zone Safety. Naloxone (Narcan) Certified Low angle Rappelling |
Jack Stetter - K9-4
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Jack Stetter comes to the Unit as the handler of Tonka, a 3 year old German Shepherd. 6 years on the Search and Rescue He holds Certificates in : First Aid/CPR/AED, Blood Borne Pathogens K9 Pet Tech First Aid and CPR. FEMA : IS-00100.b IS-00200.b IS-00700.a IS-00800.b IS-00005.a (Hazmat awareness). SKYWARN U.A.V Pilot 2 years Naloxone (Narcan) Certified Low angle Rappelling |
Marcus S. Burr - Air One Pilot
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Marcus S. Burr comes to the Unit as an U.A.V Pilot with 4 years experience of flying the DJI Inspire 1 and Mavic. 4 years on the Search and Rescue First Aid/CPR/AED, Blood Borne Pathogens K9 Pet Tech First Aid and CPR. FEMA : IS-00100.b IS-00200.b IS-00700.a IS-00800.b IS-00005.a (Hazmat awareness). SKYWARN U.A.V Pilot 4 years Naloxone (Narcan) Firefighter |
Kaitlyn Anthony - K9-10
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Kaitlyn Anthony comes to the Unit as the Secretary and Support handler. 3 years on the Search and Rescue First Aid/CPR/AED, Blood Borne Pathogens K9 Pet Tech First Aid and CPR. FEMA : IS-00100.b IS-00200.b IS-00700.a IS-00800.b IS-00005.a (Hazmat awareness). SKYWARN Naloxone (Narcan) Certified Low angle Rappelling |
Jaime Piano - K9-13
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Jaime joins us as a handler with his female GSD, Zena 1 and a half months.
2 years on the Search and Rescue He holds Certificates in : First Aid/CPR/AED, Blood Borne Pathogens FEMA : IS-00100.b IS-00200.b IS-00700.a IS-00800.b IS-00005.a (Hazmat awareness). SKYWARN Naloxone (Narcan) |
Capt. Kevin Freeman - K9-14
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Kevin serves as our Captain and Ground Search. Kevin has military reconnaissance experience.
3 years on the Search and Rescue He holds Certificates in : First Aid/CPR/AED, Blood Borne Pathogens K9 Pet Tech First Aid and CPR. FEMA : IS-00100.b IS-00200.b IS-00700.a IS-00800.b IS-00005.a (Hazmat awareness). SKYWARN Naloxone (Narcan) |
Steven Meischner - K9-3
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Steven joins us as a K9 handler for Drago 4 1/2 year old Czech Working line GSD certified in Human Remains Detection. He started training working dogs in 2006 with some of the best trainers in the country, and have taken multiple classes in animal behavior specifically for K9's He has worked with Police, Military, Private Security, Private Contractors, and Personal Protection K9's. He is a certified obedience instructor for AKC CGC as well as pet dog, agility and service dog training. K9 Drago is socially stable, confident, with extremely high drive that excels in detection work.
He holds Certificates in : FEMA : IS-00100.b IS-00200.b IS-00700.a IS-00800.b IS-00005.a (Hazmat awareness). |
Declan - Cadet - K9-1
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Declan has decided to join the cadet program. He wants to learn to be a handler while reacquainting to SAR.
He has just completed a Skywarn Storm Spotter class and is readying for a CPR course. |
Lorelai - Cadet - K9-15
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She comes to the team with a desire to help the community.
Lorelai has just completed a Skywarn Storm Spotter class and is readying for a CPR course. In her free time she can be found working alongside her brother as a Cadet K9 Support Handler! |
Teegan - Cadet - K9-12
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Teegan is up and coming to the search and rescue field. He is very energetic and loves dogs. He enjoys being a target for the K9’s and helping in PR events.
He has also completed a Skywarn Storm Spotter class. |
Lacey - Cadet - K9-6
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Lacey joined our Cadet program in 2024, however she has been a volunteer with the team since 2022. Aside of her passion for training K9's, Lacey has a great interest in learning methods of search and rescue. She enjoys putting together the clues and our mock deployments. In her spare time, Lacey likes to , run the K9’s and spend time with family and friends. Her future plans possibly include attending trade school or perhaps training dogs! Lacey says her favorite part of the Cadet program is learning how the puppies get trained and the different approaches each Handler takes in training.
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Lain - Cadet - K9-11
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Lain joined our Cadet program in the Spring of 2024. He was attracted to the K9's as one of his future career choices included being a K9 Handler for the military. Lain is no stranger to animals. He helps his family tend to 50+ chickens and ducks and he has 3 pigs of his own that he shows at local fairs and also has helped farrow pigs and raise them up to show. In his spare time, he is learning the art of Karate and is currently working on his Green belt. Lain also enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He enjoys being outdoors fishing, camping and rollerblading. He also just started a new hobby of photography When there is a little down time he loves a good book. |