Butler County Technical Rescue

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Butler County Technical Rescue

• Hamilton Safety Council Information Session
• Prepared by
• BCTR Management
• Team

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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

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Team Capabilities
No
Yes
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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

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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

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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

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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?pagetechRescue

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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 Countys disaster assets such as mass
  casualty and mass decon

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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

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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 teams
  arrival
• Team likely to operate at the branch level of ICS
  structure

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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

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Questions?