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INFORMATIONAL MEMO <br />Page 5 <br />Additional Special Operations (not included in NFPA) include: <br />Special <br />Operation <br />Definition <br />Responsible in <br />Zone 3 <br /># of <br />Current <br />Zone 3 <br />Staffing <br /># of <br />Current <br />Zone 3 <br />teams that <br />are staffed <br />24x7 <br /># of <br />Certified <br />Tukwila FD <br />staff with <br />this <br />specialty <br /># of <br />Certified <br />Tukwila FD <br />staff service in <br />this <br />specialty? <br /># of <br />Hours <br />training <br />necessary <br />to be <br />certified <br />1. <br />Urban <br />Search <br />and <br />Rescue <br />Urban search and rescue (USAR) <br />involve the location, extrication, <br />and initial medical stabilization of <br />victims trapped in structural <br />collapse due to natural disasters, <br />mines and collapsed trenches. The <br />causes of USAR incidents can be <br />categorized as accidental and <br />deliberate. USAR services can be <br />faced with complex rescue <br />operations within hazardous <br />environment. Incidents <br />experience shows that people are <br />often found alive many hours and <br />days after rescue operations <br />commence, and the <br />corresponding services should be <br />planned accordingly. <br />Valley RFA <br />South King Fire <br />Tukwila Fire <br />Puget Sound <br />Fire <br />KCFD 2 <br />8 <br />1 <br />10 <br />10 <br />100+ <br />2. <br />Hazardous <br />Materials <br />Renton RFA <br />Puget Sound <br />Fire <br />South King Fire <br />Valley RFA <br />7 <br />3 <br />0 <br />0 <br />100+ <br />Tukwila currently specializes by providing confined space rescue as well as trench rescue, rope rescue including <br />high angle, vehicle and machinery rescue, swift water rescue, surface water rescue, structural collapse rescue, <br />urban search and rescue, and benefits from the other fire jurisdiction special operations listed above. <br />Rescue Group — made up of PSRFA, South King Fire (both are fully staffed every day of the year with at least two <br />rescue Techs and called Rescues) and 9 other agencies that can staff when personnel resources allow. Tukwila is <br />part of the "part time" staffing model. When able to staff that unit, these units are called a Squad. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />For information only. <br />41 <br />