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TRT #636

Composed of
City of Bradenton &
North River Fire District

The public often asks, what is TRT 636, and what do you train for?

TRT is Technical Rescue Team
A TRT is a voluntary special operations team a firefighter may join. Individuals on a TRT undertake extensive specialized training for FLUSAR. This training allows them to respond to the most complex emergencies. Some calls have been semi-trucks hanging off of a bridge, intricate vehicle accidents, entrapments, vehicles submerged in waterways, workers trapped atop water towers, crane operator rescues, high-rise building occupant rescues, collapsed buildings, trench rescues, and more.

FLUSAR is FL Urban Search And Rescue and consists of a multitude of specialities such as:

structural collapse
vehicle and machinery extrication
confined-space rescue
trench rescue
high-angle rope rescue
swiftwater rescue

SWIFTWATER RESCUE

A Common Misconception: "Why do we need a swiftwater response when we don't have a risk of a dam break or rapid flowing rivers in our community?"

Fact: TRT 636 responds to more calls after summer thunderstorms than we have for hurricane response in our area. Throughout the past years, some of our mobile home communities have experienced severe flooding requiring house-to-house wellness checks by inflatable boat of each residence. During such a time, if emergency care is needed, these inflatable boats can transport patients to waiting vehicles clear of floodwaters. Other calls due to thunderstorms have involved this team responding after straightline winds or tornadic events ripping roofs off of structures.

The photos below are from a FLUSAR Water Search & Rescue - Swiftwater Rescue Class

Capsizing inflatable boat

Rescuing people from river with an inflatable boat

practicing how to recover from a capsized inflatable boat

Inflatable boat next to a submerged car prop

inflatable boat on a river

Rescue training on the river

Rescue training on the river

Rescue team paddling inflatable boat

Rescue class listening attentively to the instructor

Capsized inflatable boat taking on water

Paddling down the river

Rescue rope lines for river rescue training

Rescuers practicing a response into the water

Throwbag in the air being thrown to rescue a swimmer in the river

Rescue classmates huddled together for a motivational cheer

Rope displays on dry ground in preparation for the river response

Submerged car prop in river

Submerged Automobile Prop

Submerged car prop in the river with human body prop inside to practice extrication

Submerged car prop in the river after the body prop has been rescued

Submerged car prop simulating trapped humans on the roof of the car floating down the river

Occupants on top of the submerged car prop in the middle of the river

ROPE RESCUE

Rope Ops Training

STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE

The photos below are from a training class held at North River

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

structural collapse training

VEHICLE OR MACHINERY EXTRICATION

The photos below are from a training class held at North River