About KERT
K-9 Emergency Response Teams(KERT) is a professional Search and Rescue organization that offers our services at no charge to law enforcement, EMS and fire departments to aid in the location of missing persons. Our resources include specialized body detection K-9's, evidence detection K-9's and disaster search response teams. Through the use of certified search dogs, ground searchers and medical technicians, we accomplish our goal of providing a highly trained team... to bring people home.
KERT K-9 teams are nationally certified and insured for liability and accidental injury. Many of our handlers have over 10 years of experience and have responded to hundreds of missing person searches. Our personnel are also trained in ICS, ground search techniques, and search management, and can assist in both Planning and Operations. In addition we are a member unit of the Northern States Search Dog Network and can call upon many additional, reliable resources is and when they are needed.
KERT has two divisions, one in Central Wisconsin and one in Northwest Wisconsin (including teams in the Twin Cities of Minnesota)
We are a 501c3 organization and welcome donations and corporate sponsors. All donations are tax deductible.
KERT is accepting applications for membership, please contact by email, KERTWI@hotmail.com
Note: KERT does not have resources to assist in the search for missing pets. Our dogs are trained to only work human scent.
KERT K-9 teams are nationally certified and insured for liability and accidental injury. Many of our handlers have over 10 years of experience and have responded to hundreds of missing person searches. Our personnel are also trained in ICS, ground search techniques, and search management, and can assist in both Planning and Operations. In addition we are a member unit of the Northern States Search Dog Network and can call upon many additional, reliable resources is and when they are needed.
KERT has two divisions, one in Central Wisconsin and one in Northwest Wisconsin (including teams in the Twin Cities of Minnesota)
We are a 501c3 organization and welcome donations and corporate sponsors. All donations are tax deductible.
KERT is accepting applications for membership, please contact by email, KERTWI@hotmail.com
Note: KERT does not have resources to assist in the search for missing pets. Our dogs are trained to only work human scent.