Event Calendar
🗓️ March 18 – 20, 2026 📍 Norfolk, VA
Come Visit K9 Diesel Simulator and K9 Storm (our real world Working K9 🐾) at the K9 MEDIC booth and during our Hands-On MWD Skills Workshop
🗓️ April 17-19, 2026 · 8:00 am – 5:00 pm 📍 Camp Blanding, CounterDrug, FL
Comprehensive K9-TCCC/K9-TECC training for all providers from handlers to EMS to advanced providers. Includes high fidelity scenarios, live demo dogs, and ethically sourced Cadavers.
🗓️ April 27 – May 1, 2026 📍 Raleigh Convention Center, NC
Come Visit K9 Diesel Simulator and K9 Storm (our real world Working K9 🐾) at the TacMed Solutions Tradeshow Booth. See you there!
🗓️ May 13-15, 2026 📍Maryland, USA
A fabulous team that takes our training and teaching to the next level. Can’t wait!
🗓️ June 1-3, 2026 📍 Santa Paula, CA
So excited to work with the incredible teams of the National Search Dog Foundation at their amazing scenario based facility! Appreciating their generous sponsors who make this class – free-of-charge and even includes on-campus lodging.
K9 MEDIC Seminar — Redemption Road K9 & La Sierra University
🗓️ July 21-22, 2026 📍 La Sierra University · Corona, CA
A two-day seminar co-hosted with Redemption Road K9 and the La Sierra University LED-21 program — handler-focused K9 emergency care for law enforcement and criminal justice teams.
LAFD Tactical EMS — K9 Casualty Care
🗓️ August 12, 2026 · 8:00 am – 5:00 pm 📍 Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center, Los Angeles, CA
Hands-on course for tactical EMS providers and law enforcement K9 handlers — assessment, trauma management, hemorrhage control, evacuation & packaging, and hands-on skills. Led by Mark Stevenson, LAFD Tactical Paramedic and K9 MEDIC® Instructor. Hosted with the Los Angeles Area Regional Training Group.
K9 Heat Workshop + Exertion Curves — Arkansas
🗓️ August 21, 2026 · 8:00 am – 4:00 pm 📍 Camp Robinson, North Little Rock, AR
For Arkansas law enforcement K9 teams, hosted by MEMS. Handler and Handler + K9 slots available, lunch provided. Presented by Arkansas K9 MEDIC. For department registration, email info@ark9medic.org
🗓️ Aug 24-27, 2026 📍 Phoenix, AZ
Announcing our newest endeavor — visit us at the K9 Readiness Booth!
NGAUS 148th General Conference & Exhibition
🗓️ Aug 28-31, 2026 📍 Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN
Find us at the TacMed Solutions booth #921 — come meet K9 Storm (our real world Working K9 🐾) and see the K9 Diesel Simulator in front of National Guard leadership from across the country.
K9 Handler First Aid Foundations (Pomona PD)
🗓️ Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM 📍 Pomona Armory (CA National Guard), Pomona, CA
Fully sponsored one-day class hosted by Pomona PD — medical handling and assessment, heat emergencies, airway and CPR skills, and bandaging. Space is limited and registration is required through the hosting agency.
IVECCS 2026 — International Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Symposium
🗓️ September 14–17, 2026 📍 Savannah Convention Center, Savannah, GA
Find us at booth #1328 on the exhibit floor — stop by to talk affiliate partnerships for hospital networks, instructor opportunities, and medical direction.
🗓️ Sep 21 – 23, 2026 · 8:00 am – 5:00 pm 📍 Viticus Center · Las Vegas, NV
Comprehensive K9-TCCC/K9-TECC training for all providers from handlers to EMS to advanced providers. Includes high fidelity scenarios, live demo dogs, and ethically sourced Cadavers.
K9 Handler / First Responder + Tactical — Lee County, IA
🗓️ October 27–29, 2026 📍 Lee County Sheriff’s Office, 2530 255th St, Montrose, IA
Three-day K9 MEDIC course hosted by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit — intensive format, 5 students per instructor, K9 Diesel mannikan, opioid-exposure focus with online K9 Narcan™ certification. Tuition $1,295. Seats are limited; registration is through the Sheriff’s Office (contact on the flyer).
K9 Handler / Paramedic + Tactical Intensive — Bentonville, AR
🗓️ November 11–13, 2026 · 8:00 am – 5:00 pm 📍 Bentonville, AR · Hosted by Bentonville PD and ALETA
Three-day tactical + cadaver lab + medic intensive for law enforcement, K9 handlers and tac medics. Handler and Handler + K9 slots available, $850 per person. Presented by Arkansas K9 MEDIC. For department registration, email info@ark9medic.org
IMSH 2027 — International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare
🗓️ January 23–27, 2027 📍 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
K9 MEDIC will be attending IMSH 2027 and the TacMed Simulation partner meeting. If you are in New Orleans that week, we hope to see you there.
Save the Date — 2027 Joint Symposium for Working K9s
🗓️ March 2–6, 2027 📍 Hilton Peachtree City Atlanta Hotel & Conference Center, Peachtree City, GA
Save the date! K9 MEDIC will be exhibiting at the 2027 Joint Symposium for Working K9s — the science and practice of working dogs, hosted by Penn Vet Working Dog Center, Auburn Canine Performance Sciences, FIU, K9SciCon and Texas Tech. Booth details to follow.
Save the Date — K9 MEDIC Spring Class 2027
🗓️ Tentative dates and location pending
Save the date! Our annual Spring open-registration class with Viticus Group. Registration details to follow.
K9 First Responder
Camp Blanding, FL
🗓️ April 16-18, 2027 📍 Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke, FL
Save the date! Sponsored by the Florida State Agricultural Response Team (SART). Registration details to follow.
Save the Date — K9 MEDIC Fall Class, Nashville
🗓️ October 18–20, 2027 📍 Viticus Group, Nashville, TN
Save the date! Our annual Fall open-registration class with Viticus Group. Registration details to follow.
