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Crews practice high angle rescue techniques
August 16th, 2012
A rescue system attached 9 stories off the ground
We practice these highly specialized rescue techniques as part of our “all hazards” mission. Incidents requiring high angle rescue don’t happen every day, but when they do our crews need to be proficient at making the rescue safely and successfully. This type of training and collaboration with PG&E, and other members of the industrial community, is critical to maintaining our ability to provide these specialized rescue services.
Technical rescue capabilities, including high angle rescue, confined space rescue, trench rescue, and swift water rescue are examples of highly specialized non-fire related emergency services the Fire District is responsible for, and fully capable of, providing to all the communities we serve.
Several of our firefighters that participated in the training exercise are also members of a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team based in the Bay Area, known as California Task Force 4. There are 28 of these teams across the country, with eight located in California. This highly trained team of technical rescue personnel responds to all manners of disasters throughout the United States, including Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Floods, building collapse, and other disasters.
Visit www.cat-4.us for more information on USAR and CATF4 or the Fire District’s website for information on our rescue and emergency services capabilities www.cccfpd.org
