Position: Dog Handler / Operations Officer / Canine Instructor
Joined the Team: Inception
Certification: Texas Task Force 2, Level 2, Level 1, Senior, Master. SARTECH III, SARTECH II, SAR Tech II Evaluator, Amateur Radio License (Technician), AFRCC Inland SAR and AFRCC Search Management, WMD Instructor, Swiftwater Tech 1 and 2, Rescue Systems 1, Confined Space, High Angle Rescue, First Responder Medical, HazMat First Responder, National Incident Management Systems, Rescue Systems 1 Instructor. FEMA courses: Animals in Disaster: Preparedness (IS-10), National Incident Management System (NIMS), Basic Incident Command System (B-ICS),ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (IS-200) FEMA courses: Animals in Disaster: Preparedness (IS-10), National Incident Management System (NIMS), Basic Incident Command System (B-ICS),ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (IS-200)
Email: fletakirk@gmail.com
Joined the Team: Inception
Certification: Texas Task Force 2, Level 2, Level 1, Senior, Master. SARTECH III, SARTECH II, SAR Tech II Evaluator, Amateur Radio License (Technician), AFRCC Inland SAR and AFRCC Search Management, WMD Instructor, Swiftwater Tech 1 and 2, Rescue Systems 1, Confined Space, High Angle Rescue, First Responder Medical, HazMat First Responder, National Incident Management Systems, Rescue Systems 1 Instructor. FEMA courses: Animals in Disaster: Preparedness (IS-10), National Incident Management System (NIMS), Basic Incident Command System (B-ICS),ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (IS-200) FEMA courses: Animals in Disaster: Preparedness (IS-10), National Incident Management System (NIMS), Basic Incident Command System (B-ICS),ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (IS-200)
Email: fletakirk@gmail.com
Fleta and her husband Max founded the team in March, 1996, after spending a year training Saber, MARK-9's first dog and Fleta's first partner, with whom she worked for 9 years. She currently works as a canine handler with her second partner, Misty; Fleta also does search management and trained both accelerant detection dogs currently in service with Dallas Fire Department.
Fleta spends her workweek handling day-to-day operations for MARK-9. She is the mother of 3 children and grandmother of 6. In her free time she enjoys sewing, quilting, handwork and reading.