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San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
Rescue Team
Welcome to the San Ramon Valley
Rescue Team. The Rescue Team is a proactive organization
with a main purpose of providing high quality technical rescue
resources immediately available for response, with skilled and
dedicated personnel, along with providing District wide rescue
related training. The Rescue Team consists of approximately
30 members. Station 34 on Alcosta Blvd. has become the home of
the Rescue
Team, primarily because of its central location and easy
access to the freeway.
The Rescue Team personnel and USAR
vehicle located at Station 34 are Certified to an OES Medium
level, meaning that we have demonstrated to the State that we
have the training and the equipment to operate safely and
effectively at structural collapse incidents involving the
collapse or failure of reinforced and unreinforced masonry,
concrete tilt-up and heavy timber construction. This OES
qualification enables the State to activate our Rescue Team in
the event of a major Disaster.
Aside from the above
capabilities, every engine and truck in the Fire District meets
an OES Basic level and is equipped with ropes to augment rescue
operations, cribbing, air
 bags, and cutting and prying tools. In
addition to the above, a group of Rescue Division members are
active with Oakland’s USAR Task Force-4. The Task Force is one
of several in California, and is operated under FEMA and the
Department of Homeland Security. This is a Federal Team, which
responds to Disasters on a National level.
The Rescue Team recently
took delivery of a Spartan/SVI Rescue Unit. The vehicle is
equipped to handle a variety of incidents ranging from confined
space rescue, technically difficult auto extrication, swift
water rescue, trench collapse rescue, structure collapse, high
and low angle rope rescue, the Rescue Unit along with personnel
will also respond to all fires within the District and act as
the Rapid Intervention Crew.
With such a large variety of
incidents, training is major portion of the Rescue Team.
With changing technology, and an ever-changing World, training
is a constant. The core training of the Division involves the
incidents listed above, as well as Hazardous Materials
Operational Level, including WMD training. Rescue Team
members train regularly to maintain their skills. The Rescue
Team is also responsible for maintaining the skills of
suppression personnel, primarily in the disciplines of rope
rescue, auto extrication, confined space awareness, as well as
rapid intervention crew tactics.
The Rescue Team takes great
pride in the service it provides, and we will aggressively purse
a high level of training and experience opportunities so that we
may provide effective and efficient service.
New San Ramon Valley Heavy
Rescue
For information on the
Rescue Team:
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