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OVERVIEW OF THE
UK FIRE SERVICE SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM (UKFSSART) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS

There are 13 UKFSSART teams in the UK.  They operate a rota system based on three groups providing 24 - hour cover for the UK Fire Service for national and international deployments.

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
Essex Cheshire Grampian
Hampshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire
Kent Mid & West Wales Lancashire
West Sussex West Midlands Greater Manchester
  South Wales  

At an incident they have a field Commander, Team Commander and command support.

Mobilisation of team
bulletMobilised in 2 to 4 hours
bulletRespond via pagers/mobile phones/home phone
bulletWork to the Incident Command Structure
bulletInitial contact is via London Fire Brigade Control Centre
bulletInformation required - type of incident - number of persons involved - address - contact pionts
Types of response available
bulletAdvice by telephone
bulletAdvisor's attendance
bulletSpecific Team's attendance
bulletFull Team's attendance
Skills available
bulletSearch & Rescue
bulletCollapsed Structures
bulletCommunications
bulletDisaster Awareness
bulletMedical
bulletEnvironment
bulletHumanitarian
bulletTraining
bulletIncident Security
Capabilities / Equipment / Resources
bulletSearch & Rescue in collapsed structures etc
bulletSearch Dogs
bulletSearch cameras with probes
bulletVibraphone/audio monitoring
bulletCommunications probes
bulletConcrete drilling equipment
bulletLightweight portable cutting equipment
bulletHot cutting
bulletShoring equipment
bulletRope equipment
bulletFirst aid kits
bulletForeign language skills
bulletGPS mapping

Further details on these teams can be found at the UKFSSART web site at http://www.ukfssart.org.uk/
 

 

 

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