LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Several search and rescue teams and their dogs traveled to Lincoln on Saturday to be FEMA-certified as live find and cadaver search canines.

E”Nebraska has developed and built these beautiful piles out here, that rival any piles across the country,” said Eliodora Chamberlain, a member of the Missouri Task Force One team. “So everyone comes here to take a certification test. Once a dog is certified, then that dog is deployable for a FEMA task force.”

The canine search teams work to find missing people during emergencies.

Teams from Nebraska, Washington, California, Missouri, Indiana and Colorado put their dogs to the test at Lincoln Fire & Rescue’s training center.

“The handler and the dog have 20 minutes to search this pile,” Chamberlain said. “This pile is over

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