Rescue

Photo: Captain Winston Jackson

GOAL: Control emergency incidents which threaten lives, property, and the environment.

• Arrive at the scene of emergencies within five minutes of receipt of alarm, at least 90 percent of the time.

• Maintain "Confined Space - Operational Level" training for all Department responders.

• Maintain "Rescue Systems I" certification for truck and rescue personnel.

The Department has four first-call ladder trucks and one rescue vehicle which employ specialized equipment designed to carry out rescues such as traffic collisions and industrial accidents. All emergency response personnel are trained in specialized rescue techniques. All apparatus carry a compliment of rescue tools (County Fire Business Plan).

Rescue training: a firefighter being lowered into a confined space via a rescue harness.

Rescue training: Truck 5's ladder being used to lower a rescuer into a specially designed confined space trailer, used as a portable classroom for rescue techniques.

Inside part of the confined space trailer. The trailer has several sections which simulate different types of confined spaces.