Monday, September 06, 2010
Medium Rescue Team
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| Albertville Fire Department is one of four fire departments that make up Marshall County Medium Rescue Tactical Support Unit Team 7 that was created by Alabama Emergency Management Association and Office of Homeland Security. Albertville has 14 members of the 40 members represented on the team. This team is subject to be deployed on any manmade or natural disaster.
The team members are trained in confine space rescue, trench rescue, structural collapse rescue, rope rescue and hazardous material training in addition to their EMT training and fire suppression training. This team has been deployed to the following locations:
South Alabama for Hurricane Ivan September 2004
Mississppi/Lousianna for Hurricane Katrina August 2005
Cheahea Mounatin Alabama for lost person September 2006
Grant Alabama for Cave Rescue 2006
Preston Island, Guntersville,Alabama April 2009
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| 2008 Emergency Response | |
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Medical Contacts |
2886 Incidents |
| Structure Fire Response | 79 Incidents |
| Vehicle Fire Response | 25 Incidents |
| Woods/Grass Fire Response | 111 Incidents |
| Other calls: Fire Alarms, Haz-mat, False Alarms | 292 Incidents |
| Total Response for 2008 | 3393 Incidents |
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