Search and Rescue

There are several kinds of Search and Rescue dogs. Both Hawk and Nunzi are what are called Disaster Search dogs, the most demanding and highly trained. They search carefully thru rubble looking for victims, indicating by barking that they have made a find and then stay with the victim, until the rescue arrives. They then move on and continue to search. This is hard, demanding work that takes a strong work ethic and a great team effort between the dog and its handler.

To all of those that put in the hours, in any kind of training, THANK YOU ! Your efforts are greatly appreciated. I am especially proud of Hawk and Cathy and Nunzi and Kathy !!

Fairoaks Red-Tailed Hawk

FEMA Certified Search and Rescue Dog
"Hawk"
(Atreyu and Ronita)

We are so PROUD of Fairoaks Red Tailed Hawk.
Hawk with his handler / owner
Cathy Schiltz.		 He was at an Oklahoma tornado site in the
spring of 1999.
Bronze statue of Hawk, Kathy, a firefighter, and an EMT.

Hawk and Kathy spent 11 days after the 9/11 attack working in New York at the Twin Towers.

Hawk is immortalized here, in this breath taking life size bronze statue, decorating the entrance to the Boone County Missouri Fire Protection Headquarters.
Hawk and Himself

Hawk taking a break in New York City.

Fairoaks SixBits Sinatra, CGC

Certified FEMA Disaster Dog, Indiana Task Force 1
Working Search Dog (cadaver and articles), Midwest Search Dogs
Certified Therapy Dog with the Delta Society
Women's Class Champions, Time Trial, 2002 Skyhoundz Regional Championship
Working Goose Control Dog, Geese Wranglers LLC
and he has his CGC too!

"Nunzi"

GREAT NEWS, Nunzi is now one of 70 FEMA Type I dogs in the country!

On Aug. 15, 2006 Nunzi passed the FEMA Advanced test in Texas. Not only did he pass the Type I test, he was one of only 3 dogs out of 9 to find all the victims!

"What made the day especially memorable was that Cathy Schiltz was one of the nine evaluators. It was really neat to have the person who initially inspired me to do search and rescue w/Nunzi disaster work no less, which is so demanding was part of the test we passed." Kathy

Nunzi is a nephew to Hawk, who was at the
Twin Towers for 11 days, and is now retired at 11.
   
Search Dog working!
Head to Tail! Head to Head!
 
   Sometimes the dog flies, sometimes the geese fly!

Contact: Sandy Cornwell at: fairchulos@aol.com or call: (217) 286-3499