SEARCH & RESCUE

Kiril and Killian save lives in their spare time.

Firefighter Kiril Hristov has spent years training with his Golden Retriever Killian to become a certified search and rescue dog, and over three days in February all their hard work paid off. Together Kiril and Killian saved 18 lives from the ruins left by the devastating earthquake in Turkey. On their own initiative they collected the money needed for the trip, and together with Kirils firefighter colleague Klaes-Ola Kolberg they drove 4300 km from Sweden to Turkey to save lives as volunteers.

After returning home to Sweden, Kiril could now see that there was a need for a search and rescue organization with dogs, not just in Sweden but worldwide. Under the wings of Turkish emergency aid organization Hasene he formed Search and Rescue Dogs International. Hasene is a traditional emergency aid organization working all over the world and helping those in need.

Search and Rescue Dogs International Hasene now consists of a total of 15 people and 7 dogs; 6 firefighters, 7 dog handlers, and 2 organizers. Everyone single one of them are volunteers and are ready to drop whatever they are doing and go wherever in the world they are needed.

We are proud to have heroes like Kiril and Killian on the Suprabeam ambassador team.