they are nearing "mid-life" in general. Additionally, most of those 6-10 year old dogs deployed to the Camp Fire in 2018, would have been expected to retire and pass away by now. Cancer is already a leading health issue and cause of death for most of the preferred SAR breeds already.

While we expect issues with environmental toxins and hazards to affect not only first responders, but the dogs, too, the reality is that most working search and rescue dogs tend to be medium to larger size dogs, and by the time they are field certified with consistent and operational fluency, 1/

NYPD and FDNY have been getting into figurative and actual on-incident fistfights for over 100 years.

CHP has also arrested several firemen while working vehicle extrications. I know at least one tried to arrest an San Diego SWAT officer for speeding during an actual pursuit.