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SVFD’s Technical Rescue Team rescues girl after she became stranded on a cliff while climbing the rocks at Maribeau point park.
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Within the boundaries that the Spokane Valley Fire Department serves, occasionally we have incidents that exceed the tools and skills that are normally reserved for fire fighting, medical emergencies and rescues. When this occurs we deploy our technical rescue team (TRT) to provide an additional level of training to save lives and property. The Technical Rescue Team (TRT) consists of 27 personnel, nine per shift, with advanced, technician-level training in confined space rescue, high/low angle rescue, and trench rescue.
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| The Spokane Valley Fire Dept’s Technical Rescue Team practice high angle rescues on the cliffs below Riblett’s Mansion. |
The TRT can deploy an engine, a 105’ ladder, a medium rescue unit, and/or a technical rescue response unit that contains specialized shoring and rescue materials.
Some examples where the team would be deployed: a climber stuck on a rock out cropping, an injured worker at the top of a water tower, someone installing a sewer where the dirt trench has collapsed causing an entrapment, a person stuck in a pit. While these types of incidents occur infrequently, it is important that our firefighters can complete these complex rescues in a safe, efficient manner.