Fayette County Technical Rescue Team Completes Busy First Quarter

The Fayette County Technical Rescue Team just completed an extremely busy first quarter of 2012.  In the first three months of this year – the Team completed 2 successful deployments, a free certified emergency vehicle operator course for a local fire department, the 3^rd annual free CPR class at Nona’s Little Bits of Heaven in Oakland, the extensive SARTECH III wilderness search and rescue certification process for its new members, initial training for some new dive rescue gear, and each of the active members also completed over 100 individual hours of Operational Readiness Exercises and training.

Fayette County Technical Rescue Team Celebrates Second Successful Full Year of Service

The Fayette County Technical Rescue Team recently celebrated the completion of their second full year of service at their annual holiday party.  Over two years ago, the Team was created to provide technical rescue capabilities to the citizens of Fayette County and surrounding areas at no additional cost to the taxpayers.  The FCTRT strives to deliver a specialized and professional response to any emergency it is called to and the Team is designed to supplement and assist local emergency responders in the discharge of their duties by providing technical rescue services in the pursuit of the protection of life and property.  The purpose of the Team is to provide a nucleus of highly trained special rescue personnel to deal with different types of situations that the Team is capable and prepared to respond to and who continually train for these types of unique and unusual situations.

The Fayette County Technical Rescue Team Promotes Technical Rescue in North Mississippi

The Fayette County Technical Rescue Team was once again invited to participate in Southaven Fire Department’s Annual Fire and Life Safety Day in Southaven, Mississippi.  The Team was able to interact with not only residents from across the mid-south area but also able to interact with the various emergency response agencies that participated and attended the event.

“Since our Team was founded over two years ago, we have completed numerous activations and deployments all across the mid-south area,” said Commander Kevin Snider.  “During the past year, we have spent a tremendous amount of time in Mississippi at both deployments and training events that we provide free of charge to local emergency response agencies,” said Snider.

Over a Dozen Members of the FCTRT Complete a Farm and Industrial Machinery Rescue Training Class in Bolivar

Over a dozen members of the Fayette County Technical Rescue Team recently attended a three day Farm and Industrial Machinery Rescue Training class in Bolivar, Tennessee.  The class was taught by certified instructors from the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads and was designed to teach emergency responders how to properly manage situations involving machinery entanglements within various settings. 

“Tractors and machinery are involved in nearly 50% of farm deaths and disabling injuries”, said Commander Kevin Snider.  “Rural responders need to be proficient in managing incidents involving this type of equipment and the TARS class is one of the best around,” said Snider.

Members of the Fayette County Technical Rescue Team Continue Dive Training with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit

Members of the Fayette County Technical Rescue Team Dive Unit recently went underwater to continue their dive rescue training.  This time, the Dive Unit was training with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit to practice techniques in underwater victim recovery at Herb Parsons Lake.