Meet Our team.
Al Duncan
Al Duncan started as a volunteer firefighter at the age of 16 and worked for a private ambulance until enlisting in the U.S. Army. Al served as a Combat Medical Specialist with the 2nd Infantry Division and completed his military career as a flight medic for the 377th Medical Company, the only Air Ambulance unit on the Korean Peninsula. He has over thirty years’ experience as a fire service professional and is retired from the Oakland (CA) Fire Department. During his employment, Al functioned in a variety of capacities ranging from Firefighter to Fire Captain-Paramedic and served as a member of the Technical Rescue Team, Emergency Medical Quality Assurance Committee, Paramedic Field-Training Officer, Tactical EMS Training and Education Committee as well as Acting Fire Investigator.
Al has been a Canine Search Specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (CA-TF4) since 1999. He has instructed adult learners in multiple disciplines of the Fire Service and Emergency Medicine and had the distinct honor of teaching Basic and Advanced Combat Trauma Training to United States Military personnel and other operational combat medics. He is a NRA certified Weapons Instructor and above all, he was mom’s favorite!
Phelony
Phelony is the brains of the whole operation. He was raised at Maranatha Kennels (Maine) where he started his training as a Search Dog. He certified as a FEMA Live-Find Disster Search Dog at 22 months and subsequently deployed for multiple disasters locally and nationally. Besides spending a majority of his life in Oakland’s Fire Station 29, he also accompanied his handler on several wildland deployments and was known throughout fire camp for his never stop desire to play.