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Special Operations

North Port has a Technical Rescue Team (TRT) which functions as a Type II Light Technical Rescue Team (FL-TRT645) under the State of Florida's Urban Search And Rescue program.

Team members have specialized training five technical rescue disciplines. Those disciplines include: Rope Rescue, Confined Space Rescue, Structural Collapse Rescue, Trench Rescue, and Vehicle and Machinery Rescue. In the near future, this will also include Urban Flood Water Rescue, and Wilderness Search and Rescue.

Each of North Port Fire Rescue's three shifts has one Rescue Squad Leader assigned to it. When the team deploys, it responds with 6 team members with Truck 84 (or reserve pumper) and the team's utility truck and equipment trailer which carries the State-issued rescue equipment cache.

Technical Rescue Trailer Equipment Cache and Power Unit

Make:
Model: 8 X 24 enclosed, 10,000 GVWR
CMC USAR Light Level Package (Includes Stokes Basket and basic rope rescue equipment and rigging hardware)
CMC Pro Tech Class III Fire-Rescue Harnesses
Numerous Life Safety Lines
Search Cam
IST AIM 6000 4 Gas Monitor
UniHoist System with winch and fall arrest
Tripod
Paratech Pneumatic Lift Bag Kit
Generator
Chain Saw
Circular Saw
Chop Saw w/ cutting station
24V Cordless Reciprocating Saw
Air Chisel
Shovels
Pry Bars
Bolt Cutters
Hammers
Assortment of Nails
Assortment of Saw Blades
Electrical Detection Device (HOT STICK)
Lock-Out / Tag-Out Kit
Triage Equipment
Lumber Cache (Cribbing and shoring material for structural and trench collapses)

Make: Ford
Model: F-350, 4x4

All of the above is carried in addition to the Advanced Life Support medical equipment and extensive extrication equipment carried on Truck 84.