Pam Bennett

AMPWDA Master Trainer

Pam is a wife, mother, employee of TCBOE and fulltime owner of a K9 Boarding Kennel. Pam started working with K9s in 1984, starting with obedience and agility, titling mutiple dogs in both disciplines.

She began working in Search and Rescue in 1992. Along with two others started the first Search and Rescue team in her local area. Training Search and Rescue K9s to locate missing persons, save lives and bring closure to families became her life goal. She successfully trained and worked 10 Labrador Retrievers for HRD, Live find, Tracking/trailing, and/or Narcotics Detection. She also completed a 150 hour K9 course under Master Trainer Mike Munson at Augusta K9 in Rocky Gap, Virginia. She has worked, trained and deployed K9s with Ohio FEMA team, WV, Ohio, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania as Wilderness, Air scenting, and Human Remains Detection.

In 2007, her K9, Cynder, completed her Title as a PAWS FOR PEOPLE therapy dog. She worked at Anna Jarvis Elementary School, assisting children with their individual needs, including walking them to their classroom, easing their fear and separation anxiety, eating breakfast with the children as a reward to the children for good behavior, and more.

SAR K9 Positions
Head Trainer for TRASAR for 4 years
Head trainer for Grafton Volunteer Fire Department K-9 Unit for 9 years
Evaluator for Ohio Task Force 1
Evaluator for SARDUS

Deployments With Ohio Task Force 1
Hurricane IKE – K9 Hanna, K9 Cynder
Hurricane Sandy - K9 T.C.
Mud Slide in the Washington State - K9 Trax
Hurricane Lauran - K9 Chilly Sky

Classes Completed
WV University Confined Space Rescue Awareness
WV Department of education 20 hours PENN Vet Working Dog Conference 2013
Basic and Advanced GPS Operation
WMD/Terrorism Awareness for Emergency Responders
HazMat Material 29 CFR 1910.120
Respirator protection 29 CFR 1010.134
HazMat & Respirator Refresher
Bloodborne Pathogens (Yearly)

Certifications
FEMA Certification Evaluation (CE)
K-9 Cynder (2008) Recertified (2011) Retired (2014)
K-9 T.C. (2011) Retired (2024)
K-9 Ayla (2013) Recertified (2015 and 2018)
FEMA Certification Evaluation Humas Detection Remains (HRD)
K-9 Trax (2013) Recertified (2016)
K-9 Mecca (2013) Recertified (2016)
K-9 Chilly Sky (2018) Recertified (2021)
Country Class Canine Human Remains Detection (Advanced Level)
K-9 Trax (2012)
Country Class Canine Live Find
K-9 T.C. (2012)
NAPWDA
K-9 Trax 2012, 2014, 2026, HRD
K-9 T.C. 2012 Live Find
K-9 Ayla 2014 Live Find
K-9 Chilly Sky 2019 HRD
AERIE
K-9 Trax 2025 Water HRD Level 2

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