Heartland
K-9 Services
3105 Townline 79
Greenwich, Ohio 44837
440-223-8212
smith07@hughes.net
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Jeanette K. Smith, K-9 Handler, Trainer
HEARTLAND K-9 SERVICES
3105 Townline
79
Greenwich, Ohio 44837
Ph (440) 223-8212
e-mail
smith07@hughes.net
Type of K-9 Work
Wilderness (Area)
Search Tracking
Cadaver - Land &
Water Urban Search and Rescue (collapsed, burned structure)
Avalanche Disaster Search
K-9
trainer and Director for Heartland K-9 Services, Ohio; NASAR
instructor, 2003 & 2004.
Instructor for City of Nashville – Mayor’s Office of Emergency
Management; Past director, K-9
Teams, Indiana Urban Search and Rescue. Past trainer for new K-9
teams, Snohomish County,
WA, assistant to instructor for National K-9 Rescue School, Isabella MN,
9/92; assistant to
K-9 Specialty Search Associates Cadaver Classes, 9/93, and tracking
class, 1994.
Affiliations
Experience
8/05 Instructor, Metro Nashville Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management
5/04 Instructor, annual national convention of NASAR, law enforcement, civilian K-9 teams
5/03 Instructor, annual national convention of NASAR
(National Association for Search and
Rescue - 300 K-9 handlers present
9/95 to present
Director of Heartland K-9 Services, offering police,
corrections officers and SAR professionals
20 hour classes in tracking, evidence
search, building search, cadaver search, water search,
collapsed structure and
disaster search.
9/95 to present
Director and K-9
Handler/Trainer for the volunteer organization, Heartland K-9 Search and
Rescue,
Lorain County, Ohio. Training tracking/trailing, and cadaver dogs for SAR work
in
Lorain County and Ohio. Past director and trainer for the K-9 contingent of
Indiana Urban SAR.
6/91 to present
Dog handler/trainer in
obedience and behavior problems for professional K-9 handlers and
private dog
owners through Heartland K-9 Services.
1/91 - 9/95
K-9 Trainer for Snohomish Co. Search and Rescue and Northwest Disaster Search
Dogs.
Trainer for K-9s and handlers for area, cadaver, and water search.
Participated in missing
person searches in and out of Washington State for the
Snohomish County Sheriff's
Office, FBI, and other agencies.
Teaching Experience
1985 to present:
Instructing K-9 seminars for
law enforcement, dept. of corrections officers, and professional
rescue teams in
cadaver, water, building, area, tracking search, including a school on K-9
alerts at the NASAR conference in Reno, NV, and a K-9 cadaver class at the Body
Farm,
UT Knoxville. Other locations include Iowa, Minn., Ohio, Indiana and
Missouri.
2004, 2003, 1993, 1994 & 1995
Presenter, NASAR (National Association for Search and Rescue) Annual Conferences
for SAR
volunteers and management programs. Invited but declined 2005
4/8/02
Taught introductory K-9 cadaver school at University of
Knoxville Dept. of Forensic
Anthropology - Body Farm. K-9's and handlers,
coroners, anthropologists only in class.
1/01 - 4/01
Instructor for state of Iowa and surrounding states
emergency services agencies - techniques
to use K-9s in emergency situations,
Scott Community College, Davenport, IA
12/00
SAR K-9 evaluator, USAR, obedience, agility
7/05 Missing
person – possible suicide, central Michigan
9/04 Missing hunter, Northern Ohio
6/04 Drowning victim, central Michigan
9/03 FBI-Sarah & Philip Gehring search/Summit Co. OH
8/03 Ptl. Bill Brown drowning, Lorain, OH Beaver Park Marina
3/02 Fire scene, one block square, on standby for missing apartment
occupants, Lorain, OH
1-2/02 Body search, Ft. Wayne, IN; Ft. Wayne PD, Coroner's office
9/01 Standby, Cadaver, NYC; Office of Surgeon
General and Kenyon International
6/00 FBI standby, possible murder victim buried in cement floor of apt.
basement, Akron, OH
4/95 Oklahoma City Disaster. Used K-9 to detect four deceased subjects in
rubble.
Education
Weekly: Area, tracking and
cadaver training. Disaster training - building searches, rubble
search
agility.Also biweekly water search
training.
Other Trainings:
5/05
Tracking/Trailing 40 hours, Law Enforcement Training Specialties (LETS)
01/04 Scent Theory School, K-9 RECOVERY
10/03 NAPWDA Patrol Dog Training/Tracking/Trailing
03/02 HAZMAT training for first responders/State of
Ohio/EMA
12/01 Underwater homicide investigation
12/01 Emergency First Aid for K-9's in the field
03/99 OSCAR (Ohio State Capabilities Assessment for
Readiness) conference
11/97 Ohio Emergency Management Agency State Conference,
Columbus, OH
08/95 North American Search Dog Network conference,
Amherst, OH
03/95 Confined Space Rescue, Rescue Systems I and II,
Pierce Co. DEM
10/94 Multi-purpose K-9 seminar, North American Search
Dog Network, Ashville, NC
05/94 National Association for Search and Rescue
Conference, San Diego, CA; 1993 Tampa,
Florida
09/93 Rigging for Rescue, Arnor Larson, British
Columbia
References
Ptl. Luther D. Smith,
Jr. Sally Santeford, Director
Ms. Carrie Bowling
Amherst Police Dept. DOGS North
Bluegrass SAR
911 North Lake Street Rte 1 Box 332
400 Woodchuck Lane
Amherst, OH 44001 Houghton, MI 49931
Georgetow, KY 40324
(440)
988-4422 (906) 482-5135 (859)
230-4394