New urban search and rescue dog Luna joins force
A paw-some new colleague has been welcomed to West Midlands Fire Service's technical rescue unit.
One-year-old Luna, a Belgian Malinois, has joined the fire service family and em‘bark’ed on her specialist training to become an urban search and rescue dog.
Once she completes her training, in around 12-18 months, Luna will take over the lead from existing search and rescue dog Cara in the WMFS technical rescue unit (TRU).
Six-year-old Cara, who joined WMFS in 2015, was the first Belgian Malinois in the country to qualify as a USAR dog – a role usually reserved for Collies, Springer Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels and black Labradors. Cara is currently the only search and rescue dog in the West Midlands and one of just 18 in the national USAR team.
