#Heavy technical rescue series#

Phase 2 – Planningĭevelop through committee – Put together a committee that will take command and responsibility for the planning phase of your development. You can look at existing teams as examples during your development however to get to their level you must not skip the steps in the development phase or your end goals will never me meet. Even the most seasoned response teams had a learning curve in their early years of existence. As long as you follow your teams development plan and meet your local needs all is well. One team may stop at the operations level while the next may require technician level training for its members. each team may view their desired level of certification differently. When you have reached an initial goal or proficiency level in that specialty you can begin to move into other specialties. Take your top priority of need and work on that discipline. As you move forward with your team’s development, focusing on the “one step at a time” process is usually the most successful. Risks will vary in severity based on the individual response areas you target for your operationsĭetermine the type of team that is needed – Do you need a single or multi-discipline team? During your self-evaluation process this topic was part of your initial justification for moving forward with the development of a team. Basically you will want to put your initial efforts in training for the events with the highest potential in your community or region.Įstablish risk thresholds – Weigh the potential risk to the community and the potential risk to emergency responders. This will also be a valuable tool in a later phase when it comes to developing your training plan. The local newspaper and library are also great sources for archived data.Īnalyze data – You will need to take the information gathered and develop a plan to demonstrate the likelihood of a technical rescue incident taking place in your community. These are the people with the data related to previous event within your community or region. Utilize your local emergency management office. Risk assessment – This will be based on historical data from your community. Phase 1 – Community Risk & Rescue Needs Assessment In this edition we will examine Phases 1 and 2. Much of the content in these phases will be driven by the information you obtained from the questions you previously asked in the early planning stage of your mission. There are four main phases that will be dealt with during your team’s development. Once you have decided to move forward with your vision you must have an implementation plan in place in order to manage the teams growth. In this article, we will be looking at the various phases of developing a team.

#Heavy technical rescue series#

By asking ourselves a series of questions related to the idea of building a team we were able to make the determination if a team is a viable commodity in your community. Last month we focused on the considerations for developing a technical rescue team.