Position: Dog Handler / Operations Officer / Canine Instructor
Joined the Team: Inception
Certification: 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)
Joined the Team: Inception
Certification: 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)
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.