Maria Claxton
Maria is the current president of SCSARDA, and a founding member. Maria first began training a SAR dog in 1995, and in 2001 began SCSARDA with a fellow paramedic.
Maria has a 20 year career as a paramedic, with some EMS supervisory experience. Maria’s EMS experience includes 9 years on a dive rescue team, and she has also worked for air medical helicopter services during her career.
Maria is currently working as a certified registered nurse anesthetist. Her passion is for excellence in volunteer SAR team training and deployment in South Carolina.
Maria has trained and certified a dog in air-scent and in cadaver.
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Fenja Vom Hohen Lande 7 year old sable German Shepherd K9 Certification - NAPWDA cadaver 2008, 2009 - SCSARDA Land HRD - Cadaver Dog Proficiency Evaluation (Andy Rebman) 2006
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NREMT-P (paramedic) 1983-present National Fire Academy- Hazmat Blood Borne Pathogens Crime Scene Preservation Managing Search Operations - ERI International-2007 Wide Area Search-TEEX/FEMA-2009 National Association of Search and Rescue [NASAR] certifications: SAR TECH II SAR TECH III | |||
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NIMS 100, 200, 700, 800 NIMS Land Cadaver Air Scent Type III, & Other NIMS Water Air Scent Type II, & Other NIMS Wilderness Search and Rescue Team, Type IV | |||
| Training | |||
| 2009 |
Teepa Snow Dementia Lecture Air Scent seminar with Sharon Jones Wide Area Search class TEEX/FEMA Advanced HRD seminar- focus on scattered and aged burials with Andy Rebmann, Marcia Koenig and Kathy Holbert Air Scent training with Denver Holder | ||
| 2008 |
Trailing Seminar with Chris Weeks Crime Scene Preservation class with Travelers Rest Police Dept. | ||
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2007 |
CSAR seminar (advanced HRD) in NC Water Cadaver seminar with Lisa Higgins Managing Search Operations - ERI [Emergency Response International] | ||
| 2006 |
Advanced HRD seminar with Andy Rebmann and Lisa Higgins TSARDA seminar, water HRD Water Search Dog training seminar with Jonni Joyce | ||
| 2005-2006 |
Team Contract training with Jonni Joyce for water HRD | ||
| 2004 |
TASK HRD 1 week seminar, TX University of TN seminar on Forensic Anthropology of Skeletal Remains Centex and Special K9 search and Recovery HRD seminar, TX | ||
| 2003-2004 | Jonni Joyce Seminars- SAR Dog Workout, HRD | ||
| 2003 |
Eastern NC SAR exercise Haywood CC- 16 hr. Maps, compass and GPS class | ||
| 2003-2002 | Caldwell County CC Tracking training monthly | ||
| 2002 |
Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office 40 hr. basic man-tracking class 2002 Carolina QUEST Basic Wilderness search and Rescue class 2002 NASAR International Conference- Charlotte, NC | ||
| 2001 | NASAR FUNSAR, NC | ||
| 1980-present |
Misc. training : swift water rescue, confined space rescue, vehicle extrication, BTLS, ACLS, PHTLS, PALS, others. | ||
| Experience | |||
| Maria has participated in missing person searches in SC,NC, and GA since 1996, though her greatest experience has been gained since 2002. She has also served as IC at several incidents, and is an active HRD K9 handler.
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