Carrie Henger-Neff had a lifelong love for animals and spent many years as an animal trainer for movies and TV. Some of her credits included "Police Academy II," "Matlock" and "The A-Team." Once she joined the fire service, she rose through the ranks to fire captain and was the first woman in the Los Angeles County Fire Department Honor Guard. Carrie was also a K9 handler and participated in LA County's USAR Task Force 2. She died of job-related ovarian cancer.