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Butler County Technical Rescue

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Butler County Technical Rescue

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    1. Butler County Technical Rescue Hamilton Safety Council Information Session Prepared by BCTR Management Team

    2. Team Concept & History Began with EMA grant in 2004 Request for $500,000 dollars Money Split to Buy Equipment and Vehicle Serving 4 Types of Calls (soon 5) Rope Rescue Confined Space Trench Collapse Structural Collapse

    3. Team Capabilities

    4. Team Concept Design Vehicle housed at West Chester Fire Station 4 (8551Beckett Rd.) Team responds directly to the scene Team managed by team managers Team designed to integrate with first responders Team designed to assist not manage incident

    5. Equipment Cache Over $500,000 worth of rescue related equipment Tools range from framing hammer to Stanley hydraulic cutting and coring unit Vehicle is designed to be self-sufficient for at least 2-3 hours

    6. Vehicle Hackney Tractor-trailer Overall length 52 feet Weight approximately 48,000 lbs First responders need to designate area for vehicle All equipment is portable and not tied to vehicle

    7. Team Members Currently have a total of nearly 60 members that are active with the team. Team Members are trained to the technician level of High angle rescue Confined space rescue Trench Rescue Structural Collapse A diverse group encompassing many years of experience with many rising stars of the fire service Always accepting applications which can be found on the EMA website at www.butlercountyohio.org/ema/index.cfm?page=techRescue

    8. Training In-service Training is offered numerous times to include a variety of work schedules Trainings are held throughout the county Training cooperative agreement is held with HCUSAR and NKTR to train with those teams, you may also see their trucks and personnel in Butler County Train with County’s disaster assets such as mass casualty and mass decon

    9. Team Management Two management groups are currently in place at this time Rescue Team Managers Tasked with managing the team. Members function in Operations, Logistics, Training and Administration. Assisted by Rescue Squad Officers EMA Committee Comprised of Team Managers, EMA Director, Commissioners Office, and Prosecutors Office. Tasked with budget, accepting policies, and integrating team with other county assets

    10. Integration of Team with First Responders Responder Safety is First Priority Need a contact person at the incident site Team Commander will contact the site liaison to gather information for response (triage of incident) Need a staging area for vehicles (TR-2 and team members) First responders will be utilized upon the team’s arrival Team likely to operate at the branch level of ICS structure

    11. Future of Team Relies on the support of you Relies on departments utilizing the service Relies on committed team members Intentions are to work closely with departments to aid with their special operations needs

    12. Questions?

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