Urban Search & Rescue

Urban Search & Rescue (US&R)

The District has the capability to handle different types of rescue situations requiring specialized equipment and training. The most frequent type of rescue emergency involves extricating people who are trapped in vehicles as the result of traffic accidents with hydraulic rescue tools. The District also maintains a team of personnel who are specially trained to conduct rescue activities in permit-required confined spaces, structural collapses, trench collapses, and low and high angle rescue. This is referred to as “Urban Search and Rescue” (“US&R”). The US&R team trains regularly with fire department personnel from other agencies within Napa County as a participant in the “Napa Interagency Rescue Team” (“NIRT”). The District also has two inflatable rescue boats (“IRB”) and US&R team members are boat rescue and swift/flood water rescue qualified.

2020 Urban Search & Rescue Training

Date Topic 01/22/20 Heavy Lifting and Moving 02/19/20 Structural Collapse 03/20/20 Multi-Discipline 04/20/20 Trench Rescue 05/16/20 Low Angle Rope Operations 06/16/20 High Angle Rope Operations 07/17/20 Confined Space 08/21/20 Inland Swimmer 09/19/20 Boat Operations 10/20/20 Ladder Systems 11/25/20 Metal Cutting/Concrete Shoring 12/20/20 Search and Rescue/GPS Drill Hours Possible Per Team Member 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3