April 22, 2006
SARCF was contacted by the DeLand Police Department concerning a missing male subject. Kevin Edwards' car was found with the engine running, however, the subject could not be located. Information provided by Mr. Edwards' family indicated that he had a history of mental disorders and was currently having trouble with his medication. SARCF personnel responded to the scene with 4 tracking canines and multiple support personnel in addition to law enforcement personnel. The search area consisted of wooded areas within a large industrial park. Various areas were searched throughout the day but the victim was not located. Further operations were suspended by law enforcement pending the receipt of further information. Several days after the search, Mr. Edwards' was found, deceased, in a retention pond adjacent to the search areas.

February 18 & 25, 2006
SARCF was requested by the Titusville Police Department to provide search crews to help in locating a missing Alzheimer's patient. Lottie Wise, 91, went missing from her home on January 11, 2006. SARCF responded with support from Orange City SAR. Search crews consisted of a certified HRD canine, handler, and 2-3 ground support personnel. The teams cleared a ¾ mile area around the subject's home and found no indication of human remains. If additional areas are identified by the police, SARCF will provide teams to assist in the search.

February 11, 2006
SARCF responded to a request for help in searching for missing Alzheimer's patient, Lottie Wise. Ms. Wise went missing from her home on January 11, 2005. SARCF responded with support from Orange City SAR. Search crews consisted of a certified HRD canine, handler and 2-3 ground support personnel. Crews searched areas within ¼ radius of the subject's home. Additional searches are planned to expand the search area.

February 2-3, 2006
SARCF was requested by the Orlando Police Department to provide HRD K-9 resources to clear three areas of interest in the Jennifer Kesse disappearance. Ms. Kesse is believed to have gone missing on January 24, 2006. SARCF provided trained search personnel and requested additional resources from Orange City Search and Rescue and Southeast Search and Rescue. Orange City Search and Rescue provided canine resources and ground support on Feb. 2 & 3. Southeast Search and Rescue (Alachua County) provided canine resources and ground support on Feb 3rd. Approximately 165+ acres were cleared by the search crews. Each search crew consisted of a certified HRD canine, handler and 3-4 ground support personnel.

December 16, 2005
SARCF, working through a mutual call for aid request by Orange City Search and Rescue, responded to a missing person's case managed by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Jeff Carey had been missing for several weeks following the discovery of his crashed vehicle. SARCF personnel provided ground support resources to assist in the search of prime areas of interest. Operations concluded approximately 6 hours after the start when one of the K-9 HRD teams located a piece of bloody clothing and then the victim. The victim was located approximately 600 feet from the accident scene in a heavily wooded area.

November 24-26, 2005
SARCF provided trained search crews at the Green Swamp Management Area in order to immediately deploy in the event a hunter went missing. This was provided at the request of the Fish, Water and Game Commission. No searches were necessary during this weekend.

May 13-15, 2005
SARCF hosted a training exercise in the Green Swamp Management Area in conjunction with the Florida Fish, Water and Game Commission. The purpose of the exercise was to provide training for volunteer search and rescue teams under conditions similar to an actual search and possibly bring closure to an active missing persons case. In November, 2004, a 76-year old hunter, Mr. Huff, went missing during his annual hunting trip to the Green Swamp. SARCF, Bay Area Recovery K9's and Orange City Search and Rescue participated in the exercise. Approximately nine officers with the FWG commission participated in the exercise. This field training exercise provided an excellent opportunity for the search and rescue teams to evaluate the need for additional training at this level.

April 14-16, 2005
SARCF was requested by the Bay Area Recovery K9's to assist with the search for Sarah Lunde, who went missing from her home on April 10, 2005. Orange City Search and Rescue was also contacted to provide resources. A request was made by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office on April 14 for additional resources through the State Warning Point ESF9. Kathy Miller of SARCF functioned as the operations and plans chief during this search at the request of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). On Saturday April 16, a K-9 alerted on human remains in a fish pond approximately ¾ mile from the victim's home. The Sheriff's office confirmed on April 16 that the remains belonged to Sarah Lunde. The search was concluded at approximately 1030 on 4/16/05.

March 1-4, 2005
SARCF was requested through the State Warning Point ESF 9 to provide qualified search and rescue responders in the Central Florida area to search for Jessica Lunsford in Citrus County. Jessica Lunsford was reported missing by her grandmother on February 24, 2005. SARCF responded along with resources from Volusia, Marion, Alachua, Flagler, Sarasota, Manatee, Pinellas, and Orange Counties. Each search crew consisted of a nationally certified canine, handler and 3-4 support personnel including law enforcement. The crews searched within a one-mile radius of the subject's home. Searchers provided approximately 1800 man-hours during this search, which utilized resources tasked through FASAR. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provides overhead search management team personnel to assist the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. Citrus County Sheriffs Office remained as Incident Command throughout.

December 12-14, 2004
SARCF was requested by the Fish, Water and Game Commission to respond to the Green Swamp Wildlife Management Area. On November 19, 2004, a 76-year old hunter failed to return home after allegedly going to the area to scout out a hunting area. FWG searched with untrained volunteers for a total of 3 weeks. SARCF provided qualified search and rescue personnel along with support from Orange City Search and Rescue. The subject, Mr. Huff, was not located. A limited continuous search remains in effect.

May 27, 2000 Winter Haven, Florida.
K9SAR of Florida requested a canine asset, and a couple of searchers, including Mac MacMahon who again acted as search manager. Canine assets were sent along the shore and placed in boats where several dogs hit in the same location. While the body was not recovered until the next day, he was within 20 yards of the canine's alert.

May 20-21, 2000 Winter Haven, Florida
Mutual aid response with K9SAR of Florida. An Alzheimer patient was reported missing in February of this year, dogs trailed the patient to a wooded area where the trail was lost.
The police department wanted to try the track again hoping to bring closure for the family. Representatives from at least 3 Central Florida teams converged on Winter Haven to assist in the cadaver search. Mac MacMahon from SARCF was the search manager and he successfully blended members from the teams present to create effective search teams
While the patient's remains were not located, the search was a good exercise in joint response.

June 21-23, 1999 Winter Garden, Florida
Received a mutual aid request from sister team, Central Florida Search and Rescue reference a missing 94 yo Alzheimer patient at 1900 hours on 6/21/99. The patient had wandered away from an ALF on 6/20/99 and had not yet been located. Winter Garden Police had posted the patient's picture, name and other information to the print and television media. Since doing so they had received several reported sightings some as far as 5 miles east of the ALF. There had been several days of heavy rain immediately preceding the patient's disappearance and for 2 days after his disappearance. Winter Garden PD requested SARCF begin searching at the last reported sighting. A shopping center some 4 miles east of the ALF.
SARCF responded with10 searchers, 2 canines, 4 bicycles, and 2 horses. An search manager was appointed and teams assigned. Two dog teams with 2 SARCF members and an escort from Winter Garden Police were formed to search three miles to the east and west of the last reported sighting. A mounted team consisting of 2 SARCF horses and one Orange County Sheriff's Office mounted officer was deployed to a large park in the area that might have attracted the missing patient, as he had been an avid outdoorsman in his younger days. Two bike teams were ready to deploy, but because Orange county Sheriff's office was unable to provide a bicycle escort, we were forced to create two additional foot teams to search shopping centers and to search from the eastern most sighting west until they meet the canine team working there way east. The search was called for the day by WGPD at 0230 hours.
Searching continued the next day with mounted and canine teams from several law enforcement agencies. The patient was found by a business owner mid-morning on 6/25/99, sunburned, thirsty and tired. The patient was taken to the hospital to recover.

April 6, 1999 Orlando, Florida
SARCF was activated by the Orlando Police Department at 0222 hours on 4/6/99 to assist in the search for a missing 9 year old boy. The boy had last been seen fishing at a near by lake with a know sex offender. Brevard county Sheriff's office arrived at 2100 hours on 4/5/99 and was able to pick up a track leading to a bus stop. SARCF responded with 3 SAR Tech II ground pounders and one canine and handler. OPD feared the boy might be in the lake and wanted a water dog, however no trail lead to the water. Mac and Nicki confirmed the Brevard track leading to the bus stop. We asked permission to cross the street to a convenience store and try to pick up a trail there, however, incident command believed it more probable the boy and his abductor had boarded a bus. At 0600 hours a surveillance video was obtained from the convenience store cameras and confirmed the presence of both the suspect and the boy at the store at approximately 1900 hours the evening before. Preparations were made to widen the search perimeter when the suspect returned the boy to his home. The suspect was apprehended and placed under arrest, the child placed in the care of his parents and taken to the hospital.