K-9 Disaster Relief ®
 

 
              A non-profit humanitarian foundation to:
"Assist and stabilize traumatized victims of a disaster through early crisis intervention and emotional support."

Utilizing disaster relief canines, this is achieved with professional handlers trained in critical incident stress management to mitigate disabling traumatic stress and restore the victim to a state of adaptive functioning. 



The K-9 Disaster Relief and Training Academy  provides courses to educate and train handlers and other multidisciplinary professionals in the fields of

 Canine Disaster Relief Services ~ CDRS ~
and
Individual Crisis Intervention  ~ CISM ~

 

K-9 Disaster Relief partners and collaborates with, Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), American Red Cross, Salvation Army Disaster Services, VOAD and state/county government agencies, airlines, labor unions, industry, private companies and the community.
It brings to bear combined resources and expertise in trauma and crisis intervention to meet the immediate and ongoing psychological needs of victims in crisis.
 

To that end, K-9 Disaster Relief provides national certificate courses in
Canine Disaster Relief Services® [CDRS].

     




Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press.
Bottom of World World Center "Ground Zero."
K-9 Disaster Relief provided canine disaster relief
services from September, 2001 - June, 2002

 

Contact: Info@K-9DisasterRelief.org
CEO/Executive Director: Frank T. Shane, CTR, CTSS
National Headquarters
551 Valley Road
Upper Montclair, New Jersey 07043
Telephone: 973.563.1291

Copyright 2008 ~ All rights reserved ~
Photographs and copy may be used with the written permission of
 K-9 Disaster Relief Foundation and the K-9 Disaster Relief Academy