FAYETTE COUNTY TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM INC

The FCTRT is a Regional Rescue Squad that provides volunteer services not only in Fayette County but all over West Tennessee, North Mississippi, and East Arkansas. Our Team is the only private and sanctioned volunteer Rescue Squad in the mid-south that is solely dedicated to technical rescue and is comprised of experienced and highly skilled volunteers who donate their time not because they have something to gain but because this is something they believe in. In 2015, we were fortunate to move into our Team's new headquarters and training facility which is the only technical rescue training facility of its type in the mid-south allowing us to greatly enhance our training and operations.The mission of the Team is to bring together highly trained personnel with varying backgrounds (such as firefighters, police officers, military personnel, emergency medical providers, and the private sector) to have a diverse and cohesive Team of skilled personnel who employ the use of specialized equipment and technical rescue skills for emergency events that are “outside the norm" of a typical emergency call of our local emergency response agencies. In fact, many of our volunteer Members are full time firefighters and emergency responders who are employed all over the mid-south region. The Team continually trains together to prepare for these unique and unusual events and is always available to supplement and provide additional assistance to mid-south emergency response agencies when we are requested.Our volunteer members will literally train for hundreds of hours for an event that may occur only once or twice per year in the mid-south. Qualified and experienced emergency volunteers regularly training together not only save lives and help the mid-south community but they save tax dollars through their volunteer efforts and provide a mechanism for local emergency response agencies to supplement and enhance their efforts without additional cost and expense to their agencies.When requested, our Team is always available to supplement and assist the local emergency response agencies of the mid-south by providing additional assistance for:● Search & Rescue Incidents ● Water Rescue Incidents● Dive Rescue/Recovery Incidents ● Animal Rescue Incidents● Rope Rescue Incidents ● Trench Rescue Incidents● Disaster Incidents ● Other Unusual IncidentsIn addition to the above, our Team believes in community outreach, community education, and assisting the citizens and local emergency response agencies all across the mid-south area. To that end, we regularly train with other rescue squads, mid-south fire departments, the Shelby County Sheriff's Department K-9 Unit, and other mid-south emergency response agencies. In addition, we provide free certified training and instruction for: ● CPR, AED, and Basic First Aid ● Vehicle Extrication ● Emergency Vehicle Operations (EVOC) ● Vanessa K. Free Compliance (VKF)● Blood Borne Pathogens (BBP) ● And MoreSince our inception in 2010 and through 2016, we have completed 100+ activations, deployments, and operational readiness exercises all across West Tennessee, North Mississippi, and East Arkansas. Our Team has literally spent thousands of volunteer hours involved in training and operations all over the mid-south, most notably:● A successful Swiftwater Rescue in Rossville, TN● A successful Large Animal Rescue in Fayette County, TN● Search and Rescue operations in Shelby County, TN● Dive Rescue and Recovery Operations in several counties in West TN● Search and Rescue Operations in Parsons, TN● Search and Rescue Operations in Pinson, TN● Tornado / Disaster Response Operations in North Mississippi ● Dive Recovery Operations in Marshall County and Tunica County, MS● Specialized Operations and Training in Holly Springs National Forest, MS ● Dive Operations and Training in several areas of AR● Specialized Operations and Training in several counties of AR