Owner/Founder/Instructor:  Paige Koop Bush 2009-current

Paige joined Hamilton Twp. Fire Department in 2009, obtaining her EMT 2010. She graduated from IUPUI, where she played soccer, and earned her a Bachelor of Science in Health Science and her Paramedic in 2013. Over the years she has served as a tech at Floyd Memorial and Schneck ERs, Captain & paramedic program director at Scott County EMS, served as a firefighter/paramedic for Monroe Twp. Fire Dept., and Jackson County EMS. She currently serves as the fundraiser chair, pediatric program chair, medical officer, and is on several boards at Hamilton Twp. Fire Dept. She also currently serves as the training director/ paramedic at Jennings County EMS. She is a member of the Jennings County SWAT team serving as a medic. She is a member of the Indiana United SAR team based out of Floyd County IN & Jennings County K9 SAR. Paige is the owner/founder of Tact- K9 Training Institute and Search & rescue team. She is an AHA, NAEMT, PI, Tactical Med,  and K9 instructor covering a wide variety of topics and courses. She is currently obtaining her Masters in Emergency Services Management from Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach Alabama. She currently has K9 Nitro who focus in Live Find Area Search, HRD/Cadaver, Article Search and recently started training in detection work. Her and K9 Nitro will test in the spring. Nitro is a 1-year-old black female lab. Nitro came from Stuckwish Labs in Brownstown, IN. She has trained with K9 and ground teams from Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Kentucky. She is currently and still in the process of building her K9 SAR team that will be based out of Jackson County, IN. She trains with a variety of K9, and ground teams and brings a lot of experience from the medical, fire, K9 and Ground SAR and tactical medicine side of things. She has obtained many state, national, and international certifications over the years and continues to learn and expand her knowledge in all areas. She has also put on and spoke at many seminars, symposiums, and events as well as attended parades, demos, and many other trainings in areas of K9, medical and Fire areas. She is currently working on her own seminar that will be held twice a year covering a variety of topics and courses related.